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HISTORICAL READER; 

CONTMNING 

'' THE LATC WAR 

uxni:D sTATi::s and great Britain. 

j'^jom Juu!\ Ibl ', to Feh'uary, IFt,'' 
In the Scriptural Stjle." 

ALTERED AND ADAriZD 

FOR THE USE OF SCHOOL^ 

•'•/;/^^ 'L/ZOL-r TiIE UXITED STJTBS. 

BY a J. HUiNT. 

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■ D'jlii'iitfultask ! to rear the tcndor thoij^rlit;? 
■■ An.l I'-adi the young idea how to shoot?^ 

TIIIIID EDITICX. 

jnth improvements ; / tl>r- avfhor. 



PRINTED & FUBrTS iiLD PY G. J. HUNT. 

Cuiner of Vandam & nanck-Stitets. 

1819. 



Southern District of New-Yorl,:, ss'> 



it remembered, that on tlie tlsirty first Jay o' 
Octoher, in tlje torty second year of the Indeficndeice 
of the United States oT Aineiira, (I. J. Ilunt^ of the 
said District, hath deposited in tins office the title of a 
bouk, the right whereof lis chiims as ])roprietor in the 
words and figures fuJ]o\vin|), to wk : '' Tne Hislorical 
Be.'-.der ; containing the h.te war between the United 
States and Great Britain, from Jniie IS 12, to February 
1815, written in the Ancient ilistorlcal s^tyle," altered 
and adapted for the use of schools thronghout the 
United States, by G. J. Hunt. 

'• Delighlful task, to rear the tender thouglit, 
^■' And teach the young idea how to shoot."' 

J'^ conformity to the act of the congress of the Un" 
led States, entitled, " an act for the encouragement ot 
It-arning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and 
books, to the authors and proprietors of such copit-s, 
during the time therein mentioned." And also to an 
act. entitled "an act supplementary to an act, entitled 
an act for the encouragemieni of learning, by securing 
the ropiv-s of map-s, charts, and books to the authors 
and proprietors of such copies, during the times tberfin 
?.ri:nuoiU(l. and exte^iding the benefits thereof to the 
art: oi f:'.sii.^ningj'eiT|raving, and etching historical and 
-rtiier priiivs.'' . *'* 

JAMS DILL, Cleric of the 
Sfjutlitni District of N. Yorh- 



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J[Il, advantag:rs w;i;C:i lac ■■: 1 of thii 

work into our seminaries ol" educaii^ . ; be likely 

to produce are many and obvious : 

1. The autl'ior having adopted for the model of his 
?tYly the phraseology of the best of !)joks, remarkable 
fo Its simplicity and strena:lfi, the young pupil will ac- 
quire, with the knowledge of reading, a love for the 
minner in w'licli the great truths of Divine Revelation 
are convoyed to his understanding, and this will be .111 
iiiaucemtnt to him to stndy the Holy Scriptures. 

2 All the circumstances related in this work are 
true; they are recent, being within the recollection 
of the present generation ; they form a very import^irit 
part in tlie history of our country, and will be read 
with pride and pleasure by ev^jy one of ouryoangmeH 
in whose bosom ri^ay glow the sentiments of patriotism 
and piety. 

3. The most prominent virtues of the lieroes who 
produced the events here treated of, are held up in 
such a manner as to inspire in the youthful mind a 
love for the coujitry they defended, ana a spirit of 
h :nr)"ab!c r rdalioi), ^vhich may be higlily advanta- 

■;^ to th -t counrry whenever it shall be necessary to 
c:i]l it into exercise. 

4. Although a vein of morality ru.is i'.rono-h the 
work, the sentiments have not the smnhest ijearin^y qh 
tlie particular teiiets of any religious seer, bui are cal- 
culated to be read by all persons, of wiiatever d^monii- 
nation, who love virtue, valor, and treedom,' 

5. The fa-ts described are related in so clear and 
concise a- way as without much eifbrtfon the part of 

.the pupil, will easily fasten themselves on his memory. 

These are some amongst other reasons wliich have 

'-•■-' ''^'- r^i'ik^r to recommeiid his little work te 



PREFACE. 

teachers of youth throughout the United States, as 
woll as fetliers of families, and he does it in the cr,i\i\. 
vlent hope, that it will j)rove useful in ciccr-leratm'?: the 
progress of knowledi^e, and in awakening and chensh- 
in<^ in the minds of his young countrymen thr-se prin- 
oiples of virtue with whicli lie has been careful that it 
should be interwoven. 

fiavino- received the universal approbation of men 
«f judgment, he only thinks it necessary to L^Ive the 
following letters from Dr. S. L. IMitchill, and Mr. 
Ticket. 

G. J. HUNT. 

Ncw-YorJ:, June V3, 1817. 
Sir, 

I had noticed your work on the late war long 
before I had the pleasure of 3'our acqisiJjit'uice. ii 
seems to be a plain and popular mode of txiiibiting the 
nansactions of which it treats. 

One of the defects in the lUeiature of our country 
ll.at of good historians. That class of our citizeiss 
vi.lch is called to act, shows itn paralleled atchievenient 
and euteriii Jze. The other sections, to whom is ailot- 
xv(\ the busiritis ol narrating and recerding events, are 
;:ot so far advanceii. ihe reason is evident 5 there must 
be deeds to describe and perpetuate, bef.-c there can be 
historians. In process ol lime, writers duly qualified, 
will maKe thi^ir appearance. 

Your Chronicle of events deserves to be mentioned 
in the list of useful publications. It will answer as a 
dorn! lent of constant and ready reference. The re- 
:!io!i of it into schools, will rendei Jamiiiar to chil- 
i . 1 the chief actions iii the contest, and teaci them, at 
5'^'^ .' :ne time, to respect their country and its institu- 
tions. 

^ -r.'^ms to me one of the best attempts to imitate 
liie !jil:.]ical style ; and if the perusal of it can iiKlu-ie 
voujvj nersons to rehsh and love tlie sacred books 



PREFACE. V 

pilose language j^ou Jiave imitated, it will be tlio strong- 
est of all recommendations. 

YoHv's respectlialv. 
SAMUEL L. IsUTCHILL. 
Mr. G. J. Hunt. 

Academy, ISeW'Yorlc, July 8, 1817. 
Sir, 

I have examined the copy, and concur in the 
recommendation of the publication of your '^ Histori- 
cal Reader, with the alterations and improvements, fot 
the Use i)f Schools. I sincerely hope that your exertions 
may be crowned with success. 

Your's respectfully, 
Mr. G. J. Hunt, J. W. PICKET. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAP I — Presidenfs Message — Causes of the 

War. 8fc, <0 

CHAP. II— Report of the Committec-^Declci' 

ration of ivar. 13 

CHAP, in — Reception of the Declaration of 

War in Great Britain. IZ 

CHAP. l\—John Henrij— Elijah Parish. J 9 

CHAP. V — Americ&n Arviy — Militia— Navy — 
British Navy — Rogers^ firsi cruise — CGp- 
turc of the Nautilus — removal of aliens 
beyond tide-inater. 21 

CH^P. VI — Hull's expedition. 2S 

CHAP. Vil—Hiiirs trial and pardon — Capture 

of Michiliniackinach' 2 S . 



1 TABLE OF CONTEN'J S. 

CHAP. \i]J— Capture of ihc Gurnrre, bi/ the 

Ihjifcd SUdrs' fripnh' Cov^llfini'm. 3't' 

fair of Ogdcngburi^-h-- i'rir:^/. ■;, oi cj) o,-> 
^St. Ecgi^. " S3 

CHAP. \—BaftIe of Quecnstoiim. 36 

Cl!AP. XI — '^ e;2. hmytlie succeeds Gen. Von 
Rensselaer — his attempts to cross the Ni- 
ao;<irc(^ and failure — causes. 39 

CHAP. \ll— Capture of the Lriiisli Shop of 

iL\i.r^ Frolic. 41 

CHAP' XHI — Capture of the hhtcpdonian. 43 

CHAP. XI\' — jjfairs m the north— sidrmishes 
— baitlr of Fre?icht'>un — rapture of 
Gen. Windiest er\s ai^my — massacre of 
Anier. prisoners. 47 

C 1^ a\P. Xy—Capt?[re of tlie British frigate Java 52 

CH \P. XA^l — Com. Rogers return from a se- 
cond c.rui.^e — the Gen. '*> msirong and a 
'British frigate — privaterrinr 

CHAP. \YU-~Capture cf Qgdcmburgh 

CHAP. X\Ul— Capture ff the Peacock 

CEiVP. XrS.— Capture of Little York 

CHAP. XX — Sketches of the History of America. 

CAHP. XXI — Depredatirms in the Chesrn'Pf-'ke 
— Hr^vre-de-Crrace bumf — ntfark o-^ T' -- 
ny Island — Hampton t ikenby the lir'rish 
— outrages. 

CHAP. 1^%1^— Bayard and Gallatin sail for St. 
Petersburgk — the British compelled to a- 
bandon the siege of fort Meigs. 

VAIA-P. XXIII — Surrender of foits George and 

Erie to the Americans General !h-num 

drinss the British from Sachet fs Harbor 

CI.IAP. XXI\' — Capture of the ^'hescpeake. 

CHAP. XXV^ — Capture of Col Boerstler and 

Major Chapin^ icith their command 
f 'HAP. XXVI -Capture of Fort Schlosserand 
Black Rock 



TAKLE OF CONTENTS; ^.■ 

miAF. ^XXlI—Jfairs on Lake Gntorio. 07 

CHAP. X\\ lU^Jfalrs on Lake Champlain. <99 
CHAP. XXiX — Major Croglian defeats the 

British at Fort Stephenson. 102 

CHx^P. XXX-^British schooner Dominica cap- 
tured — V- S. brig Argus captured, — Boxer 
^ Enter prize. " 105 

CHAP. yy.lLxl— Capture of the British fleet on 

Lake Erie ' 109 

'CHAP. XXXIJ— Capfwre of Maiden and Dc- 

Iroitjbit (jfn. Harrison. 114 

CHAP. XXXllI— Battle of the Thames. 118 

CHAP. XXXi\-—War with the Creeks. 123 

CHAP. XXXV — Continuation of (he Creek 

War — Ge?i. Jackson's victon; over them. 126 
CHAP. XXXVi— -Fm?2 of attack on Montreal 

defeated. 131 

CHAP. XXXNll— Newark hnrnt—Fori George 
evacuated — Niagara froniier laid wc sie 
— Buffalo burnt. 135 

CHAP. XXXWli— Cruise of the Essex. \SS 

CHAF.XXXiX—Captnreofthe Frolic, hy the 
British frigate Orpheus — capture of the 
L^Epervier, by the Peacock — capture of 
the Reindeer, by the Wasp, capt. Blakely 
— the Anon captured and sunk. I-lS 

CHAP, XL — Breaking up of the cajitomnents at 

French Milts — battle of Chippawa. 146 

CHAP. XLI — Battle of Bridgcuriter. 150 

CHAP. XL\l-^Assaulf on Fort Erie. 153 

CHx^P. XLMl -^Attack on Stoni^igton, by the 

Brihh ships of war 15*^ 

CHAP. XLIV — Affairs in the Chesapeake — 
British army move towai'ds Washington — 
prepare for battle at Bladensburgh. iQ^ 

CHAP. XLV — Capture of W'/shingion— sack- 
ing of Alexandria — death of Sir Feier 
Parker. l62 

^AP. XhYl-^British go against Plattsburgh 



viii TABLE OF CONTENTS, 

— Com. liPDonongh captiirts the Britisli 
squadrgn on Lake Champlnin 171 

GHAP. XLVII— B«^^Ze of Plattshurgh. 176 

CHaP. y<.hYl\\^ Attack on Baltimore, hy the 
British arnnj wider Gen. Ross, a7id the 
fleet under Admirals Cochrane and Cock- 
hum. 1 7$ 
€HAP. XLIX — 'Destruction of the privalccr 
G(.n. AvmstYong — Gew. Jackson captia'cs 
Pcns'dcoh, and returns to N. Orleans. IS€) 
^ H AP. L — Ste-dm-hod tf^ — Filion — torpedoes — 

kidnapping Joshwd Penny. 190 

CHAP. JA'—Jffnirs in mid ahout N. York. 19Y 

CHAP. LU--^Jfdirs on the ocean 206 

CilAP. Llll — hritish feet arrives near N. Or- 

leanff — attacks by the British army (f Gen. 

Jackson. 211. 

r.HAP. hW^Grand Battle of New-Orleans, ,21$ 

CHAP. LV— Peace. ni 

Algejune V/ak. 2:25 

Conclusion. -31 

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THE 

HISTORICAL READER. 



THE LATE WAR 

BETWEEN THE 

U^ STATES AhB G, BRITAIN^ 



From 1812 to 181 



CHAP. I. 



T resident s Message— Causes of the War^^EnergeUc 
Measures proposed. 

t OW it came to pass, in tlie one thousand eight 
hundred and twelfth year of the christian era, and itt 
tJie thirty and sixth year after the people of the pro- 
vinces of Columbia had declared themselves a free and 
independent nation ; 

1 That in the sixth month of the same year, on the 
first da}'- of the month, the chief Governor, whom the 
people had chosen to rule over the land of Colujubia; 

S Even James, whose sir-name was IVlADisoiS, de- 
livered a written paper* to the Great SANHEDiiiMt of 
the people, who w€re assembled together. 

4 And the name of the city where tV people were 
gathered together was called after the name- oi the chief 
criptain of the land of Columbia, .wliose fame extendeth 
to the uttermost parts of the earth ; albeit, he had slept 
whh his fathers. 



President's Manifesto, t Gongre^i 



10 HISTORICAL 

5 NevertlK4esSj the people loved him, fora^mucii 
as he wrought their deliverance from the yoke of 
tyranny in times past 5 so they called the city Wasii- 

INGTC'7. 

rsov7., when tliC written paper was received, the 
doors of the chambers of the Great Sanhedrim were 
closed, and a seal \A-as put upon every man's mouth. 

7 And the counsellors of the nation, and the wise men 
thereof, ordered the written paper which James hj^d de- 
livered unto them to be read aloud ; and the interpreta- 
tion thereof was in this wise : 

8 Lo ! the lords and the princes of the kingdom of 
Bntaifl, in the fulness oftlieir pride and power, have 
trampled upon the altar of Liberty, and violated the 
sanctuary thereof : 

9 Inasmuch as they hearkened not unto the voice of 
moderation, when th.e cry of the people of Columbia 
was, Peace ! peace ! 

10 Inasmuch as tliey permitted not the tail ships of 
Columbia to sail in peace on the waters of the mighty 
deep 5 saving in their hearts, Of these will we make 
f;pc^il, and ihey shall be given unto the king. 

n Inasmuch as they robbed the ships of Columbia 
of the strong men that wrought therein, and took them 
for their own use, even as a man taketh his ox or his 

ass. . , 

12 Inasmuch a? they kept the men stolen from the 
ships of Colmnbia in bondage many years, and caused 
Ihem to fight the battles of the king, even agamst their 
own brethren! neither gave they unto them snver or 
cold, but rnn^r- stripes. 



.r cv,ini->^-a ^vf.-o 



not 



READER. li 

<;,e men. of Britam; for their backs were not harden-' 
«Umto the whip, as were the scr^-ants of the kmg; 
therefore they munnured, and tlteir murmunngs Uav; 

been heard. ^ •. -o 

14 Moreover, the Council of Britain sent forth a De^ . 
.r.e to all tlie nations of the earth, sealed with thesign^ 
CI the Friuce Regent, who governed the nation in tne 
name of the king his father ; for lo ! the king was pos- 
sessed of an evil spirit, and his son reigned in his stead. 

15 Now this Decree of the Council of Britam was 
a grievous thing, inasmuch as it permitted not those who 
dialt in merchandize to go whithersoever they chose, and 
to trade freely with all parts of the earth. 

16 And it fell hard upon the people of Columbia; 
for the king said unto them, Ye shall come with your 
vessels unto me and pay tribute, then may ye depart to 
another country. 

17 Now these things pleased the pirates and the 
cruisers of Britain mightily, because it permitted them to 
rob the commerce of Columbia with impunity. 

IS Fl!rt^e5*^oi'<?; ^^^'''^ not the servants of the king 
^e-'^u-'^d "with the savaees of the wilderness; and giveu 
\xX them silver and gold, and placed the destroying en^ 
-^ines in their hands ? ^ _ 

19 Thereby stirring up the spirit of Satan witiim 
^\ ,--. ,\;: -:,,v uuuht spill the blood of the people of 
To^v'^r'na •\^-. J blood of our old men, our vdves,. 

and our K::- 

20 Thus, Lad Britain, in her heart, commenced \v ar 

against the people of Columbia, whilst they cried aloud 
for peace : and when she sincte them on the one cheek 
kV,^,- t,.>-vy' -1 ■^- h^rthe other also. 



^^ HISTOKICAL 

n«ckto Britain ? -'' "' ''^^'^^' ""^ bow the 



READER. 

CHAP. II. 

nejjort rf the Commit fee— Declaration of lVai\ 



OW, wheii tlicre was an end made of reading the 
paper winch James had wiittrn, the Sanhcdiim co>n~ 
muned one with another toncliing thiC matter : 

'2 And they chose certain wise men from among them 
to (ii liberate (hereon. 

J And they commanded them to go io'^tXi from their 
presence, for that purpose, and return again on the third 
'.ivtv of the same month. 

4 iSo.v, when the third day ani\ed, at the i'lrvoniU 
lioiU' of thxC day, tliey came forth and pr»^sonl(\l tii'i. 
:s<.'lves before the Great Sanhedrim of the p<r)pl.\ 

5 And the chief of the wise men, whom lliey had 
chostj'i, opened his mouth and spake unto therii after this 
n^inner : 

G 13ehohi ! day and niunt iiave we me'tlirut d upon 
i]:e words ^^'hich James liath dehvered, and vre are; 
weary wilhal. for in our her-rts we desired peace. 

7 But the wickedness of the kingdom of Great- 
Britain- and tl-e cruelty of tlie priuc(;s thereof, tov.aras 
tiic peacoa])ie inhabitants of the hmd of Cohnnbia. may 
be hken'xl unto the tierce hon, when he putteth his parv 
upon the innocent lamb to <lcvour him. 

S Nevorthelr-;s, the iamb shall not be ^lain : k-r the 
Lorilsballbehi^.HhTrrr. 

Air.1 if. ):ei;uhe:ae;e, tlie. people of Culijibia g/) 
2' * 



14 HISTORICAL 

not out to battle against the king, tlien will the manifold 
wrongs committed against them be increased tenfold, and 
they shall be as a mock and a bye-word among all nations. 

10 Moreover, the righteousness of your cause shall 
lead you to glory, and the pillars of your liberty shall 
norbe shaken. 

11 Therefore, say we unto you. Gird on your swords 
and go forth to battle against the king ; even against the 
strong powers of Britain j and the Lord God of Hosts 
be with you, 

12 Now when the great Sanhedrim of the people 
heard those things which the wise men had uttered, they 
pondered them in their minds many days, and weighed 
them well ; 

13 Even until the seventeenth day of the month pon- 
dered they in secret concerning tlie matter. 

14 And it was so, that on the next day they sent forth 
a Decree, making WAR upon the kingdom of Great 
Britain, and upon the servants, and upon the slaves 
thereof. 

15 And the Decree was signed with the hand writing 
©f James, the chief Governor of the land of Columbia. 

16 After these things, the doors of the chambers o^ 
iKJ Sanhedrim were opened. 



READER. 15 



CHAP. III. 



Hcception of the Declaration of War in Great Britain 
— her friends in America — Caleb Strong — Hartford 
Convention. 



A, 



-ND it came to pass, that when the prhices and the 
lords and the counsellors of Britain saw the Decree, 
their wrath was kindled, and their hearts were ready to 
burst with indignation. 

2 For, verily, said they, this insult hath overflowed 
the cup of our patience ; and now will we chastise the 
impudence of these Yankees, and "the people of Colum- 
bia shall bow be lore the king. 

3 Then will we rule them with a rod of iron ; and they 
shall be, unto us, hewers of wood and drawers of water. 

4 For, verily, shall we suffer these cunning Yankees 
to beard the mi^^hty lion, with half a dozen fir-built 
frigates, the men whereof are but mercenary cowards — 
<* bastards and outlaws ?" 

5 Neither durst they array themselves in battle against 
tlie men of 13ritain. No ! we will sVvTep them from th<^ 
face of the waters, and their name shall be heard no 
more among nations. 

6 Shall the proud conquerors of Europe not laugh to 
scorn the feeble efforts of a iaw unorganized soldiers, un- 
disciplined, and fresh from the plough, the hce, and the 
mattock? 

7 Y^ea, they shall surely fall ; for they were not bre<3r 
to fighting as were the servants, of the king. 



i<$ llISTORICAL 

8 Their large cities, their to\vnSj and their villages 
■S^'ill we burn with consuming fire. 

9 Their oil, and their wheat, and their rye, and tlieh' 
€orn, and their barley, and their rice, and tlielr buck- 
wheat, and their oats, and their flax, and all the products- 
©f their country will we destroy, and scatter the remnants 
thereof to the four winds of heaven. ' 

10 All these things, and more, will we do unto this 
froward people. 

1 1 Neither shall there be found safety for age or sex 
from the destroying swords of the soldiers of the king. 

12 Save in those provinces and towns where dwell the 
friends of the king , for, lo ! said they, the king's friends 
are many. 

13 These will we spare; neither will we hurt a hail 
of their heads : nor shall the savages of the wilderness 
stain the scalping-knife or tlie tomahawk with tlie blcod 
of the hinge's friends. 

14 Now it happened, about this time, that there were 
numbers of the inhabitants of the country of Columbia 
whose hearts yearned after the king of Britain. 

15 And with their false flattering words t'ney led as- 
tray some of the friends of Columbian Liberty ; for 
their tongues were smoother than oil. 

16 Evil machinations entered into their hearts, and 
the poison of their breath might be likened unto the 
deadly Bohon Upas, which rears its lofty branches in 
the barren valley of Java.* 



* Of the existence of this wonderful tree there have 
been doubts : hid the reader is referred to the relation 
of P. N. Foerch, who has given a satisfactory account' 
ifit^ from his own travels in ite ncfghbciwhood* 



READER. ij 

17 And they strove to dishearten the true friends of 
the great Sanhedrim 5 but they prevailed not. 

18 Moreover, Satan entered into the heart of one of 
the governors of the east, and he was led astray by the 
wickedness thereof, even Caleb the Strong. 

19 Now Caleb, which in the Cherokee tongue, si.jni- 
fieth an ass, liked not the decree of the great Sanhedrim, 

/inasmuch as he favored the king of Britain ; 

20 And, though willing to become a beast of burden, 
yet would he not move on account of his very gi-eat stu- 
pidity. 

21 And he said unto the captains of the hosts of the 
state over which he presided, Lo ! it seemeth not meet 
«nto me that ye go forth to battle against the king. 

22 For, Lo ! are not the fighting men of Britain, ia 
multitude, as the sand on the sea shore? and shall w€^ 
prevail against them ? 

23 Are not the mighty ships of the king spread over 
the whole face of the waters ? Is not Britain the <- bul - 
wark of our religion ?" 

21 Therefore, I commc^nd fh^f, ye go not Out to baW 
tie, but every man remain in his own house. 

25 And all the governors of the east listened unto the 
voice of Caleb. 

26 Moreover, the angel of the Lord whispered inte 
Ihe ear of Caleb, and spake unto him, saying, 

27 If, peradventure, thou dost refuse to obey the laws 
•f the land, the things will not be pleasant in the sight of 

ih: Lord ; 

2S Inasmuch as it may cause the people to rise up cno 
against^another, and spill the blood of their own children ^ 
And tlie time of warfare will be lengthened cnU 
■ho blood of thousands will be upon tlilne head. 



^g HISTORICAL 

30 And Satan spake, and said unto Caleb, Fear not , 
for if thou wilt forsake thy country, and throw oft the 
paltry subterfuge of Columbian Liberty, and defy th. 
councils of the great Sanhedrim, 

31 Then shall thy name be proclaimed with the 
pound of the trumpet throughout all tlie earth «, and thou 
Shalt be a prince and a ruler over this people. 

3^> Now the smooth words of Satan tickled Caleb 
Mightily, and he hearkened unto the counsel of the 

wicked one : 

33 For the good counsel given unto him was as wa- 
ter thrown upon u rock. _^ 

34 But when the chief governor and the great Sanhe- 
drim of the people saw the wickedness of Caleb, their 
^.earts were moved with pity towai-ds him and his follow- ' 
ers : yea, even those who had made a convention at the 
Bttle town of Hartford. 

35 Neither doth the scribe desire to dwell upon the 
rvkkedness which came into the village of Hartford, the 
signification of the name whereof; in the vernaculai^ 

Xovyf^iif^ appcaretli not. 

36 For the meddUng therewith is as the green pool of 
uuckan waters, wh^a a man casteth a stone therein. 



igp^"^ 



READEil. 1$ 

CHAP. IV. 

John Henrif—ElljaJi Farish. 



ET tlie children of Col-jmbia beware of false prf*- 
pliets which come in sheep's clothing ; for it is writteriv. 
Ye shall know them ]}y their fruits. 

2 Now it caaie to pass, that a certain man, w 

name was Henry, came before James, the ( • >' ;■ ■ 
V ernor, and opened his mouth, and spake i:nt ■ - 
mg-, 

3 Lo ! If thou wilt give unto me tv,'o 

thousand pieces of silver, then will I unfoid u:... . .. i ' 

■witchcraft oT Britain, that thereby thy nation may not he 
caught in her snares. 

4 And James said unto hira, Verily, for the good of 
jtny country I will do this thing. 

5 And immediately the man Henry opened h* 



6 Lo ! the lords and counsellors of Britain liave 
made a covenant with me, and have promised me many 
pieces of gold if I would m^ake a league v/ith the pro- 
vinces of the east that they might favour the king ; and 
long and faithfully have I laboured in their cause. 

7 But they deceived me, even as they would de- 
ceive the people of Columbia ; for their promises are 

the idle wind tliat passeth by, wliich no man re- 
deth. 
And; when he had gotten the silver into h 13 cw» 



^« HISTORICAL 

hands lie departed to the land of the Gaiils, Kkerc he m>' 
maijieth even until this day, 

9 Nevertheless, the people prof.tted much thereby .; 
inasmuch as it put them upon the \\ atcli, and iliey guard- 
ed them.selves against the evil accordingly. 

10 He that longeth after the interpretation of tlie 
deeds of Ilenr}', let Iiim make inquiry of tliose who 
r.--trd with him- — the ministers of the Hartford Ccn- 
\'ention. 

1 1 Now, tliere was a certain iiypccrite whose name 
xvTfS Elijah, and he was a false prophet in the east; 
Mid he led astray those of little understanding : more- 
over, he was an hireling, and preached for the sake of 
filthy lucre. 

12 And he rose up and called himself a preacher of 
V. ( cos|k]. ^ai(] his words were smooth and the people 
)fo-r\('l:ed at him ; 

13 But he profaned' the temple of the Lord, and he 
; trove to leaf] his disciples into tlie wrong way. 

1 4 Anfl many wise men turned their backs against 
iiJm ; nevertheless, he repented not of his sins unto this 
jiny. 

15 Neidier did the people, as Darius the I\Iede did 
liiiito the prophet Daniel, cast him into the den of lions, 
that tijey might see whether the royal beast would dis- 
train to devour him. 

16 But they were rejoiced that power was not given 
imto him to command fire to come dov/n from heaven t« 
^tonsumo the friends of the erreat Sanhedrim, 



flEADEK.. 



^CHAP. V, 

Jmerir.an Army—Militia — Navi/ — British Namj--- - 
Rodgers^ frst Cruise — Capture of the V. S. brig 
Nautiius-^rcmoval of aliens beyond tide-water. 



Ti 



HE whole host of the people of Columbia, who 
nad been trained to war, being numbered, was abo'ai- 
seven thousand lighting men.* 

2 Neither were they assembled together; but ihey 
were extended from the north to the south, about tliree- 
•thousand miles. f' 

3 But the hu.sbandmen, who lived under their own 
fig-trees, and lifted the arm in defence of their own 
homes, were more than seven hundred, thousand, 3\1: 
m'lghiy men of valor. 

4 >iow tlie armies of tlie king of Britairi, are they 
not numbered and vrritten in the book of Hume, the 
scribe ? is not their name a terror to all. nations ? 

5 Moreover, the number of the strong ship^ of the 
peaceable inhabitants of Columbia, that moved c:a ths 
waters of the deep, carrying therein the de^.tro^ingf en- 
gines, which vomited their thunders, was about one score ; 
besides a handful of '• cock-boats.;" with " a bit ok 
striped !)untlng at their mast-head.'*" 

^ But the number of tlie fighting vessels of Britain, 
was abont one tiioujand one score ajid one, wl^icli bor^ 
the royal crass. 



* Standing army. 

t^ From District of Maine to Mobile Bay and Ncx 

'' '■'■< TiS, 



:12 HISTORICAL 

7 And the men of war of Britain ^ere arrayed ii^ 
fneir might against the people of the land of Columbia, 

8 Nevertheless, it came to pass, that about this tirr'C u 
Cirongshipof the United States, called the Prc:-id vilj 
commanded by a skilful man whose name \vas^ Rodgcr,>, 

9 Sailed towards the island of Britain, and went nigh 
unto it, and captured numbers of the vessc4s of the people 
Qi Britain, in their own waters ; after which she retiinjed 
"in safety to the land of Columbia. 

10 And the people gave much praise to Rodgers, for 
7;t was a cunning thing ; inasmuch as he saved many 
ghips that were richly laden, so tliat they fell not into th<2 
hands of the people of Britain. 

11 Moreover, it happened about the fifteenth day of 
(the seventh month, in the same year in which the decree 
of the great ^.Sanhedrim was issued, that a certain vessel 
of the states of Columbia was environed round about by 
a multitude of the ships of the king ; 

12 And the captain thereof was straitened, and 1k3 
looked around him and strove to escape : 

13 But he was entrapped and fell a prey to the vessels 
of the king; howbeit, the captain, whosQ name was 
Crane , tarnished not his honor thereby. 

14 And the name of the vessel of the United States 
was called Nautilus. 

15 Now, about this time, tnere was a law sent forth 
from the great Sanhedrim, commanding all servants and 
subjects of the king oi Britain forthwith to depart be- 
yond the swellings of the waters of the great deep ; even 
two score miles. 

. l6 And they did so ; and their friends from whor 
ibey W-Sie compelled toilee, mourned for them n>xny da' 



READER. 



CHAP. VI. 



HalPs expedition — he enters Canada, and encamps at 
Sandwich — issues his Frodamatlon—retreatsto Detroit. 



N. 



OW it was known throughout the land of Columbia 
that war was declared against the kingdom of Britain. 

2 And to a certain chief captain called William, 
whose sir-name was Hull, was given in trust a band of 
more than two thousand chosen men, to go forth to bal" 
tie in the north. 

3 Now Hull was a man well stricken ia years, and he 
had been a captain in the host of Columbia, in the days 
that tried men's souls ; even in the days of Washington* 

4 Therefore, when he appeared in the presence of tht^ 
great Sanhedrim, they were pleased with his counts 
nance, and put much faith in him.* 

5 Moreover, he was a governor in the north,t an.dl 
man of great wealth. 

6 And when he arrived with his army hard by the 
Miami of the Lakes, he gat him a vessel and placed 
therein those things which were appertaining unto the 
preservation of the lives of the sick and the maimed. 

7 But, in an evil hour, the vessel was ensnared, neaj 
unto a strong hold,| beside a river called in the language 

of the Gauls, Detroit. 

* Gen. Hull had been to Washington and obtained an 
■ypolnfmenf previous to the vmr, 

t ^fichigaa terrlioru, | Maldm, 



^<^ HISTORICAL 

8 And the arrny of Columbia suffered much fiiereby, 

9 Nevertheless, on the twelfth of the seventh montli 
about the fourth watch of the night, William with his 
^.vhole host crossed the river which is called Detroit. 

40 And he encamped his men round about the town 
^f Sandwich in the province of the king. 

1 1 From this place, he sent forth a proclamation, 
■which the great Sanhedrim had prepared for him j and 

"^he wisdom thereof ap}>eareth even unto thi'^ day. 

12 But if a man's ass falleth into a ditch, shall the 
^Taaster suffer thereby ? if injury can be prevented, shall 

we not rather with our might endeavour to help him ? 

13 Now in the proclamation which Hull published 
abroad, he invited the people of the province of Canada to 
join themselves to the host of Columbia, who were come 
Ho drive the servants of the king from their borders. 

14 And it came to pass, that a great multitude flock- 
ed to the banners of the great Sanhedrim. 

1 5 Nevertheless, they knew not that they were to t>e 
entrapt. 

16 However, it was so, that William departed from 
the province of the king, and re-crossed tlie river. 

17 And when the husbandmen of the province of 
Canada, who hadjoinedthe standard of Columbia, learn- 
ed those thingSj they wept bitterly ; for they were left 
behind. 

1 8 After this William secured lilmself 'in the strong 
Iiold of Detroit ; and the eyes of the men and the wo- 
men of Columbia were fixed upon hirxi. 

19 And the expectation thereof may be l.lkencr 
c >, man who bath watered well his vine yd rd. 



READER. , ^^ 



CHAP. VII. 



Ki.:: .; r-jpcditlonsurrender of his army and the whole 
' Micltigan Territory— his trial and pardon hy the 
President — capture of Michilimachnack. 

j\ 0\V tl.e host of the king were few in ntimbers j 
nevertheless, they came in battle array against the strong 
hold of William. 

2 And when he beheld them from afar, he was afraid ; 
his knees smote one against another, and his heart sunk 
within kirn ; for, lo ! the savages of the wilderness ap- 
peared amongst them. 

3 xVnd there was a rumor went throughout the camp 
of Columbia, and it bore hard upon William. 

4 Inasmuch as they said the wickedness of his hfiQirt 
was bent on giving up the _strong hold to the servants of 
the king. 

5 Howbeit he was not taxed with drinking of the 
strong waters of Jamaica; which, when they enter into 
the Head of a man, destroy his reason and make him ap- 
pear like unto one who hath lost Jiis senses. 

6 And when the cliarge ngainst William was made 
known unto the soldiers of Columbia, they were grieved 
much, fc r they were brave ^nen, and feared nought. 

7 So the officers communed one with another touch- 
[nir the thinix ; but they wist not what to do. 

8 And t ley fain would have done violence unto WiJ- 
:ir, that they might have been enabled to pour forth 

^.eir thunders against the approaching host of Britain 5 
which he had forbidden to be done. 
c2 



^ HISTORICAL 

9 Moreover, the names of these valiant men, ^,~h^ 
were compelled to weep before the cowardice of William 
are they not recorded in the bosom of everv friend of Co- 
lumbian liberty.* 

10 And it was about the sixteenth of the eighth month 
when the servants of the king appeared before the strong 
nold of Detroit, 

n And the name of the chief captain of the provm- 
€es of Canada, that came against the strong hold, was 
Brock, whose whole force was about seven hundjed sol- 
diers of theking^ and^s many savages. 

12 Now when the soldiers of Canada were distant 
about a furlong, moving towards the stronghold: even 
^when the destroying engines were ready to utter their 
thunders and smite them to the earth ; 

23 William, whose heart failed him, commanded the 
^^TaLant men of Columbia to bow down before the ser- 
-vaiits ofthe king. 

24 And he ordered them to yield up the destructive 
■ weapons which they held in thefa^ hands. 

15 Neither could they appear in battle agal^.st th* 
'-"king again for many days. 

16 Moreover, the cowardice of his heart caused !}.im 
to make si league with the servants of the king, in the 
which he gave unto them the whole territory over whici: 
the people had entrusted him to preside j notwithstand- 
ing it appertained not unto him. 

17 And theballs of solid iroR, and the black dust,and the 
destroying engines became a prey unto the men of • ^-^ ^ •> 

1 8 Now there had followed after William ? 
-fcrave men from^^e^ west, and the name of theii ^apit, 

^ -Miller^ Cass^ ^WArthir^BrmJi^ Findkifj^c 



KLADEK. 27 

vv-as Bni^^h : and he bad in trust the brend and lUe w'm; 
x\ hich were to refresh tl.e army cf Coiiimbia. 

19 And, lest they should fall into the hands of tl--' 
savages, a captcdn, whose name was Vanhorn, was or- 
dered to go forth and meet liim. 

20 And the band that went forth,' were entrapped at 
Brownstown, by the cunning savages, that laid wait for 
them; and the killed and the wounded of Colmnbia 
were about two score. 

21 And again there were sent from the camp cf Wil- 
liam more than five hundred men to go to the aid of Bnish. 

22 And the name of the chief captain thereof, wai;" 
INfiller ; and the captain .whom lie ordered to go bcfci-£ 
iiim was called Sneliicg.* 

23 Now Snelling was a vahant man, and strove hard 
against the men of Britahi, and the savages 5 even until 
Miller the chief captain arrived. :;i' 

24 = nd>the place which is called Maguago, lieth abc}i>: 
n himdred furlongs from Detroit. 

25 Tvow the battle. waxed hot ; and the- host of M:fl;'; 
essed hard upon the savages and upon the me:« c 

J5>*t,an. 

" inasmuch as they were compelled to flee before liu 
I C olumbia : and Miller gat great honor thereby 

27 And there fell of the inen of Britain that day an 
hundred two score and ten. 

28 Neverthclessyiii the league which William had made^ 
he had included Miller, and all the brave captains arid 

.the men of war of Columbia that ^were nigh the place 

29 Now, therfeibrej whether it was cowardice out- 



(MTMilkr and Col Sndling. 



:s lIISTORiCAL 

iiifid, j:i WJiiaiin^ or whctiier lip became treacherous for 
filthy hicic's sake, appeareth not unto the scribe.* 

30 But the eiiect thereof to the nation, was as a man 
liuving a millstone cast abr^ut his neck. 

31 So William and his whole army fell into the hands 
of tlie servants of the king. 

32 But, as it is written in the book of Solomon, There 
Is a time for all things ; so it came to pass, afterwards, 
that William was called to account for liis evil deeds. 

23 And he was eximined before the lawful tribunal of 
his country; and they were all valiant warriors and 
cliief captains in the land of Columbia. 

34 Ilowbeit, when the councilt had weighed well the 
liiatter, they declared him guilty of treason, and that he 
should suffer death. 

35 Nevertheless, they recommeuded him to the mercy 
of James, the cliief governor of the land of Columbia, 

26 Saying, Lo! the wickedness of the man appeareth 
unto us aj palpable as the noon day ; 

* To palliate IhilVs conduct, it has been urged that 
hrC mrrendcrcd Im army to prevent the effusion of 
blood: but let us ask those charitable palliators what 
they would have said of Gen. Jackson, if, when a 
might 1/ and a blood-thirsty enemy appeared before hi^ 
battlements, in quest of beauty and booty, he had given 
up N. Orleans and ceded the Louisiana territory to 
him? or of the gallant Croghan, ichen left to defend 
fort Stephenson with a handful of men and a single six 
pounder? — These palliators ?night even hare wished 
that the heroes of Erie and Chanvplain had felt the 
same qualms of conscience : — but they ought to I'uow^ 
that it leas such noble deeds that stopt the /' effusion of 
blood:' 

t Court'Martich 



HEADER. :?$ 

-37*T>ut the iniirmities of his age have we3kened his 
understanding ; therefore let his grey hairs go down to 
the grave in silence. 

38 And when James iieard the words of the coimciij 
bis heart melted as wax before the fire. 

39 And he said, Lo ! ye have done thatwliich scem- 
eth right unto me. 

40 And althmigh, as my soul hopeth for mercy, for tlm 
thing William shall not surely die ; yet his name shall 
be blotted out from the list of the brave, 

41 Notwithstanding this, William thanked him not, 
but added insult to cowardice.* 

42 So William was orderded to depart to the land 
which lieth in the east,t where he remaineth unto this 
day : and his name shall be no more spoken of with re- 
verence amongst men. 

43 Moreover, there was another evU which fell iipon 
the people of the United States, about the time the host 
of Columbia, crossed the river Detroit. 

44 For, lo ! the strong hold of Michilimackinaclij 
which lieth nigh unto the lakes of Michigan and Huron, 
fell an easy prey unto the men of Britain and their red 
brethren ; 

45 Whose numbers were n>3re than four-fold greater 
than the men of Columbia, who knew not of the war. 

46 Nevertheless, the people of the United State;?, 
even the great Sanhedrim, were not disheartened j nei- 
ther were they afraid : for they had counted the cost; and 

•^^'^re prepared to meet the evil. 



'I'M's ad^rpjts fo -h^ ;,'iaLc^ i Massachuscttf. 



*?© Historical 



CHAP. VI u, 

Capture of the British frigate Gacrrlerc, hi/ the United 
State's frigate Constitutio.'i . captain Hull— capture 
of the Alert sloop of war, hy the Essex ^ captain 
Porter, 



N. 



OW it came to pass, on the nineteenth day of the 
eighth month, that one of the tall ships of Cokmibia, 
called the Constitution, commanded by Isaac, whose sir- 
name was Hull, 

2 Having spread her whif* wings on the bosom of the 
ftiighty deep, beheld from afar one of the fighting ships 
of l^ritain bearing the royal cross. 

3 And the name of the ship was called, in the lan- 
guage of the French, Guerriere,* which signifieth a war- 
rior, and Dacres was the captain thereof. 

4 New when Dacres beheld the ship of Columbia 
liis eyes sparkled with joy, for he had defied the vessels 
of Columbia. 

5 And he spake unto his officers and his men thai 
were under him, saying, 

6 Let every man be at his post, and ere the glass hatii 
passed the third part of an hour the stripes of the Con- 
stitution shall cease to sweep the air of heaven, 

7 And the yawning deep sliall open its mouth to re- 
ceive the enemies of the king. 



* Ih'': OdicrH'j^f- idr tiii^nfrom inr French hj the 

Brili&Jh 



READER. 31 

8 And the men of Dacres shouted aioud, and. drank 
of the strong waters of Jamaica, which make men mad ; 
moreover, they mixed the black dust therewith. 

9 Now when Isaac drew nigh unto the king's ship, th?- 
t^arriors of Columbia shouted. 

10 And Isaac bore down upon the strong ship of the 
king. 

1 1 About this time they put the lighted match to the 
black dust of the destroying engines, and it was like unto 
a clap of thunder. 

12 JMoreover, the fire and smoke issued out of the 
mouths of the engines in abundance, so as to darken the 
air, and thev were overshadowed by the means there- 
of. 

13 Now the black dust was not known among the art- 
cients ; even Solomon, in the })Iemtude of his wisdom, 
knew it not. 

14 And the battle routinned with tremendous roai 
for about the space of half an hour, when its noises 
ceased. 

1 5 But when the clouds of smoke liad passed awar, 
behold ! the mighty Guerriere lay a sinking wreck upon 
the face of the waters. 

16 The shadow of hope passed over her as a dream ; 
and most reluctantly was she compelled to strike the 
Kon-s red cross to the Eagle of Cohmibia : 

17 Whilst the Constitution, like Shadrach in the 
fiery furnace, remaining unsii^ged, fillod her white 
ftails, and passed along as though nothing had happened 
unto her. 

1 8 Now the slain and the iB^Iroea fif the ki^g thai, day 
-were five score and fsv" 



n HISTORICAL 

19 And the loss of the people of Columbia, was Sfr= 
ven slain and seven wounded. 

20 After this Isaac caused a burning coa) to be placed 
in the Guerriere, that- she miglu be consumedj and X\\q 
■i1?a:aes tliereof mounted towards the heavens. 

21 And the great Sanhedrim honored Isaac with 
great honor, and the people w*ere rejoiced in him, and" 
they forgat, in the contemplation of his glory, the evil 
which had befallen them in the north. 

22 But when the lords and counsellors of Britain 
lieard those things, they believed them not ; it w:as as 
lite bitterness of gall to their souls : for the pride of 
Britain was fixed upon her navy ; it was the apple of 
hei eye. 

23 Now, as one evil followeth after another to the 
sons of men, so it happened that, in the same month, a 
t'ertaln strong ship of the United States, even the Es- 
:;^x, the name of the captain whereof was Porter, sailed 
wi iit.Tu'cli of the vessels of the king^ on the waters of the 
ocean. 

24 And in process of tmie, she fell upon one of the 
jiuijs 01 Britain, called tlie Alert, and iri.ade spoil thereof 
ii- vhe people of Columbia. 



KEADEE- 



CHAP. IX. 



Attaclc on Scfckefs. Harboiir-^affair of OgdenshurgM 
-^BritUh drove from St. Regis.hy the Troy militia 
under major Young— the brigs Adams and Caledo? 
-caiJtured by capt. Elliot, near fort Erie, 



liu re 



J_ ll OW the movements of the enemy were as th^ 
notion of a whh-lwind, which passeth from the nortli tsj 
the south, »iid from the east to the west. 

2 And.they sought to encompass the whole land o£ 
Cokunhia round about, 

3 So it came to pass, that a number of the armed vei^ 
sels of the king, that sailed on the great lake which ia 
called Ontario, maved towards Sacket's Harbour^, 

4 And they demande»i certain vessels of the people- 
"if the United States, wliich they had takea from, thfi?i 
king, to be given up unto them, sayings 

5 Verily, if ye give them not up, tlien will we lay% 
ecntribution upon you, and ye shall pay tribute. 

6 But Bellinger, the «hief, captain of the llarbaor^ 
refused. 

7 And when the vessels of the. king were hard by,, ai 
certain captain, whose name was Woolsey, set one of the> 
engines to work, 

8 And the vessels of the kiiig also opened the moutliS: 
of their enj.;ines, and shot into the camp of Columbia.. 

i> And the number of the husbandmen of the Unit£#. 
D 



2M. mSTOEICAL 

States that flocked to the ^defence of tlie Harbour was^ 
about three thousand; 

10 And wheal the men of war of Britain saw that the^ 
gsoplie^of Columbia were not afraid, and that they knew 
to use the destroying engines, they fled to their strong 
&0%ib<tiie province oi the king, which is called Kings- 
Senv 

11' ITowbeit, some of their ships received much dam- 
age from the balls of heavy metal, that siiiote them fronx 
i^e strong hold; 

12 Now as the mahce of the nations increased one 
agamst another, so did the evils increase which surround- 
ed them. 

I^ And it came to pass, on the fourth day of the^ 
f€nth month, the.* came a thousand iight:ing men of 
Bikain to lay waste the village of Ogdensburgh, whicb 
Eeth hard by the river St. Larwrence. 

14 Howbeit^ the people of Columbia permitted theirt 
Hot tQ eome unto the land } but compelled them to depart 
ia haste* 

15 Nigh unto this place is a viflage which is called 
St» Itegis, where the soldiers of Britain bad come to fix 
a strong hold on the borders of Columbia. 

16 But a brave captain, wliose name wasr Youngs 
■with a band of men, called militia, went against them^ 

17 And he set the destsoying engines to work, and the 
Eoise thereof sounded in their ears j so they were diseomr 
fitted and fled in confusion. 

|& And th€ number of the servants of tile kiii^^ 
assttfe captive that day, was two score men^ with the in- 
alruments of destruction in their hands. 

^-9 Moreover, one of the banners oi the king^ even 



flEABEK. S^ 

the red^cross standard of Britain, fell into the haiwfe Oi 
Voun'g, 

20 On tiie eighth day of the same month, a captaia 
^f Cokimbia, whose name was Elliot, a cunning man^, 

took a chosen band, who came from the sea-coastj and, 
put them in boats. 

21 And he departed with them from Niagara towards 
the sttong hold of Erie, even in the dead of the night. 

22 And he came unawares upon the two vessels 
-which were covenanted to the king, with the army at 
Detroit. 

23 And the names of the vessels wiere the Adams 
and the Caledonia, and Elliot captured them the same 
night. 

24 However, the next day, as Elliot and his meti 
were returning with their prizes, the men of Britain, 
who were upon the other shore, let the destroying engines 
Joose upon them from their strong hold ; 

25 And a few of the people of Columbia were slain. 
It was here the vahant Cuyler*fell5 a ball of heavy 
metal struck him as he was coming on a fleet horse to- 
wards the water's edge. 

26 Now, Cuyler was a man well beloved j and the 
officers and men of Columbia gi'ieved for him many 
da vs. 



* Major Cuyler of N» Jeme^. 



HISTORICAL 



CHAP. X, 



Battle of Queenstown — the British General Brock 
hillecL 



Ai 



-ND it came to pass, on tlie morning of the thir- 
teenth day of the tenth month, 

2 That Stephen, a chief captain of Cohimbia, sir* 
laamed Van Rensselaer, essayed to cross the river which 
is called Niagara, with his whole army. 
f' 3 Now the river lieth between the Lake Erie and the 
Xake Ontario. 

4 And tli€ noise of the waters of the river is louder 
than the roaring of the forest; yea, it is like unto the 
rushing of mighty armies to battle. 
^ 5 And the movement of the stupendous falls there- 
of bringeth the people from all parts of the earii to be- 
liold it.* 

6 So Stephen gat his soldiers into the boats that were 
prepared for them, and they moved upon the rough 
waters of the river, towards the strong hold of Queens- 
town. 

7 And when the men of Britain saw them approach, 
.ahey opened the engines upon tbem, from Fort George^ 
and round about. 

8 Nevertheless, they persevcrf'd ; i\lthough the strengtii 
of the waters^ which were ungovernable, separated tlit 
army. 

9 However, Solomon,! a captain and a kinsman of 

** Niagara Falls, i Col Solomov Von B(nmelae,r 



READER. ^ 

Stephen, reached the shore with the men under his com- 
mand, in all about two hundred. 

10 And lie put the army in battle array, in a valley, 
and moved up towards the strong hold; and Brock was 
the chief captain of the host of Britain. 

11 And from their strong, hold they sl*)t, with their 
mischievous engines, balls of lead in abundance ; and it 
was as a shower of hail upon the people of Columbia ; 

12 For there was no turning to the right hand nor to 
tlie left for safety. 

13 And Solomon and his men fought hard ; and they 
rushed into the hottest of the battle. 

1 4 And a captain of the United States, whose Tciame 
was Chrystie, followed close after tlrem, witli a chosea 
band of brave men. 

15 So they puslxed forward to the strong hold, and 
drove the men of Britain before them like sheep, and 
smote them hip and thigh with great slaughter ; and 
Brock, their chief captain, was among the skin. 

16 And Chrystie, and the valiant Wool, and Ogil- 
vle, and the host of Columbia, got into the hold, and the 
army of the king fled: and Chrystie was jwounde.d.ia 
the palm of his hand. 

17 But Solomon wag sorely wourfded, -so that Ihs 
strength failed him, and he went not into the hold= 

1 8 And that day there fell of the servants of the king 
many valiant men, even those who were called Invinei- 
bles, and had g-iined great honour in Egypt. 

19 Nevertheless, the same day a mighty host of sava- 
^ ges and soldiers of the king,* came forlh again torbat^j 



Reinforcevi^ntsfrem tort George and Ckippmcdc 
D 2 



^ HISIOIUCAL 

and rushed upon tlie people of the United Siaic^i, and 
drove them from the strong hold of Qjicenstown. 

20 For, lo ! Stephen, the chief captain, could not pre- 
vail on the hosts of militia on the other side of the river 
1^0 cross oven 

21 So the army of Columbia moved down towards . 
the river to cross over again, that they migiit escape. 

22 But when they came down to the water side, lo ! 
they were deceived, for there was not a boat to convey 
them to a place of safety j so they became captives to the 
men of Britain. 

23 Now the men of Britain treated the prisoners 
kindly, and showed much tenderness towards them ; for 
which the people blessed them. 

24 And the killed and wounded of the host of Colum- 
bia, were an hundred two score and ten. 

25 And the prisoners that fell into the hands of the 
king, wereabout seven hundred. 

26 Nevertheless, in a letter which Stephen sent to 
Henry,* the chief captain of the army of* the north, he 
gave great honor unto the captains who fought under 
him that day^ 

27 And the nanr^^s of the valiant men, who distin- 
guished themselves m the battle, were Wads worth, Van 
Rensselaer, Scctc, Chrystie, Fenwick, Fink, Gibson, 
and many other brave men of war. 



* Major Gen. Dearborn. 



KEABrB^ S9 



CHAP- XI. 

*jeiio Smyth succeeds Gen. Van Rensselaer — Jiisatte:/ij)t 
to c?'oss the Niagara, and failure — causes 



A. 



.FTER these things, on the same day in which the 
letter was wTitten, Stephen resigned the command of his 
army to a certain chief captain whose name was Alexander^ 

2 Now Alexander was a man well skilled m tlie arts 
of warfare. 

3 And he made a pix)clamafion to the young men of 
the state of New York, wherein he invited them to go forth 
from their homes and join the host under kin). 

4 And the words thereof pleased the j^oung men so 
that they went in numbers and joined Alexander, on tliQ 
shores of the river which is called Niagara. *t 

5 But here the hand of the scribe trembleth, his tongue 
fdltereth, his heart sickeneth, and he would fain blot 
from his memory that which truth compels him to record; 
for he is a living witness thereof. 

6 Alas I there was an evil spirit moving in secret and 
in bye-places throughout the. land of Columbia. 

7 And lo ! its viper-like insidiousness, crept into the 
ears of the unwary husbandmen. 

8 For the sect of the tories whispered unto them, say- 
ing, Lo! the laws of the land ca.nnot compel you to step 
over the borders theUnited States. 

* Bri^' Gen. Smyth, 



40 HISTORICAL 

9 INLoreover, said they, tlie fierceness of the savages is- 
terrible as the vild tyger, and their numbers as the trees 
of the forest. 

10 And the veteran sokhers of the king, who have 
been bred to war, are spread in muhitudes over the pro- 
vince of Canada. 

11 TLlierefore, if ye go over to fight against them, }e 
will be as sheep going to the slaugliter; and ye shall 
never again return to the house of your fathers, for ye 
will be destroyed. 

12 Even as the wickedness of the -vvar, which the 
e;reat Sanhedrim have made against the king cannot 
j)rosper, so shall ye fail a prey to the folly thereof. 

13 And it camete pass when the husbandmen lieard 
. liicse smooth words, many of them w^^re be\vildered iii 

tiieir minds, and knew not what to do. 

14 So when the young men, who had flocked to the 
banners of Alexander, came down to the waters -Gihc^ 
to iro into the boats, they thought of the words which 
the enemies of Columbia had spoken unto them ; and 
they refused to cross over : 

15 Neither could the persuasions of the chief captain 
prevail on them all to go into the boats; and those whose 
hearts were willing were not enough. 

16 So he was obhgtd to suffer them to return tatheir 
homes ; for his expectations were blasted. 

17 And the array of Columbia went into winter 
. quarters ; for the earth was covered with snow, and the 

waters of tlie gi*eat lakes, on the borders of which they 
rhad pitched their tentSj were congealed. 



DEADER 



CHAP. XII. 



-Vapture of the Bntish sloop of war FroUcy of 29 
gamy by the United states- sloop of war V/asp, o; 
18 ffunc. 



N 



OW ihc strojTg ships of war of the kingdom of 
Great Britain were spread over the whole face of the 
waters of the ocean, 

2 But feT^, indeed, were the vessels of Columbia that 
were fighting ships, and carried the destroying engines. 

3 Howsoever, early in the morning of the eighteenth 
day of the tentii m»nth, about the sixtii hour, being on 
the sabbath day, 

4 One of the ships • of Columbia, called the Wasp, 
the name of tlie captain whereof was Jones, a valiant 
man, discovered afar off one of the strong ships of the 
king. 

5 Now the ship of Britain was mightier than the 
ship of Columbia 5 and she was called the Frolic, and 
the captain's name was Whinyeates. 

6 And they began to utter their thunders about the 
eleventh hour of the day, and the noises continued for 

TiiOre than the space of Jialf an hour 5 

"( When the Wasp, falling upon the Frolic, and get- 
fjno'-^niangl^d tlierewith, tlie men struggled together; 



42 HISTORICAL 

and the mariners of Columbia overpowered the mari- 
ners of Britain. 

8 So it came to pass, that the FroHc became captive 
to the ship of Columbia. 

9 . And the slain and the wounded of the king's ship 
were about four score. 

10 And the children of Columbia lo^t, in all, alioilt 
half a score : Jiowbeit, there was much damage done to 
l)oth vessels. 

1 1 Nevertheless, about this time, a mighty ship ot 
Britain, called the Poictiers, came upon the vessels, 
which were in a defenceless situation, and took them 
both, and commanded them to go to the island of the 
king :;;'I;ich is called Bermuda. 

12 However, the people of Columbia were pleased 
with the noble conduct of Jones, and for his valiant acts 
they gave him a sword of curious workmanship. 

13 Moreover, while he remained at Bermuda, the 
inhabitants, the servants of the king, treated him kindly ^ 

uid showed much respect for him and his olhcers tliat 
were made captive. 



BEADER, 



CHAP. XIIL 



Capture oftlie British frigate MaccJoman, hy Cau., 
Decatur y in the frigate United States. — Brig Vixc?i^ 
captured hy the Bntish frigate Southampton, 



'N 



OW it happened on the i^venty-fifth day of tJie 
tenth monthj in the first year oi' ilie wvs ; that a ccitaiR 
strong ship of Britain, that had prepared herself to figlit 
a ship of Colimibia, appeai'ed upon the waters of tlie 
mighty deep. 

2 And slie was command(?d by a, valiajit captain^ 
whose name was Garden, and the name of the ship wa? 
tlie ^lacedonian, 

3 And on the same day she met one of the stronj^, 
ships of Columbia, the name of rhe captain whereof wa& 
Decatur, and the vessel was called the United States. 

4 Now Decatur was a man who had never kuov ii, 
iear ; and the good of his eoup«try W5,s the pride of \m: 
heart ; 

5 And. when he came towards tlie vessel of the king, 
he used no entreaty with his men, fpr they all loved 
him, and the motion of his finger was as the wof d of his 
mouth. 

6 Sa when the sliips came nigh imto one another, 
their thunders were tremendous, and the smoke thereof 
was as a black cloud. 

Z Nevertheless, in tjie space of about oinety minutes, 



44 IIISTORIGAL 

the ^ti-ong slnp of Britain struck her red flag to the 
ilrioes of Coluiiibin. 

8 Now the Macedonian was a new ship and she gaj^ 
much damage. 

9 But t)ie ■ United Siates, hke the coHTpamons cf 
,SJiadrach^. moved unhurt upon the watery; ; nay, even 
her wings were not singed. 

10 And the slain and the wounded, of the ship of. 
the king, Avere five sctne and four. 

11 And there fell of the people of Columbia five who 
were slain outridU, and there were seven maimed. 

12- Moreover the ship cf Britain had seven of the 
stolen men; of Columbia therein, who were compelled 
m fiQ-ht asaiiist their brethren 5 and two of them were, 
blain in battte. 

13 And whec Car.ieu c;>uie on board the ship of 
Colinnb'n. he bov/ed his head, and offered to put his . 
.^v.ord, oi' curious vvorkumnship. into the hands of De- 

cat(ir. 

14 But Decaiur said unto liim, Nay, thou hast de- 
fended thy -liip like a valiant man ; therefore, keep thy 

,\vord, but receive my hand. 

15 So tiiev sat down aud drank wine together : for 
ihc spirits of brave men mingle even in the time of 
^varfare. 

1(3 And after they had eaten and drank, Garden open- 
^d his mouth, for he was troubled in his mind, and spake 
unto Decatur, saying : 

27 Lo ! if this thmg whicn hath happened be known 
unto the king, that one of the, vessels of Britain hath 
struck her flag, and become captive to a.-f'ssel of tlie 
^Jnitcd States, what shall be done unto the captuir 



tfieraof ? for such a tiling hath not been heard of among^ 
the nations of the earth. 

. 18 Aad Decatur answered, and spake unto Garden^, 
saying. Verily thou art deceivedj neitlier will harm hap- 
pen unto thee. 

ly For. lo ! it came, to pass, about three score dayg 
aao. that one of the strong ships of the king, thy master, 
the name wliereof was called Guerriere, fell an eas]^ 
l)v(y to one of tiie strong ships of Columbia 5 and they 
tcinit iier Vrith In-e upon the waters. 

20 Now when Garden heard these words, his heart 
leaped witli joy ; for he dreaded tlie frowns of the king^_ 
and he v/as glad that he stood not alone in the thing. 

21 After this, in the eighteen hundred and thirteenth 
vcar of the christian era, on the first day of the first 
month of the same year, and ou the sixth day of the 
week, 

22 The ship Unite I States, and the ship xMacedoniaii 
can.ie 'nto the haven of New-York, having passed a cer- 
tain dcingerous place called Hell-gate 5 and there was % 
heavy fog that day. 

2.S And there ^'ere great rejoicings in the city of 
New-York, and throughout the land of Columbia. 

24 jMoreover, tliere was a sumptuous dinner given to 
Isaac, Decatur, and Jones, in honor of their valiant 
deeds ; and the number of the guests were about five 
hunched. 

25 And the inhabitants of New- York nrnde a great 
feast, on the ninth day of the month, for the Drave mari- 
ners that wrought in the ship of Columbia. 

26 And they became merry with the drinkir^, of 

E 



46 HISTORICAL 

wine : after which they departed and went into a house 
of mirth and gaiety.* 

27 Now, it is written in the words of Solomon, whose 
wisdom hath not bee^ excelled, that, there is a time to 
•weep, and a time to rejoice. 

28 Not many days after those things, it came to 
pass, that the hearts of the lords and the counsellors of 
Eritain were rejoiced. 

29 For a certain mighty ship, called the Southamp- 
ton, fell upon a smaller vessel of the United States,t 
and made capture thereof unto the king. 

30 But the storm arose, and the sea beat upon the 
vessels, and' they were cast away, and they parted asun- 
der, upon an island which lieth far to the south, and both 
vessels were lost. 



* Theatre. 

t United States^ brig, Vixeuy 12 guns , G. W, Reed^ 
Gommander. 




READER. 4r 



CHAP. XIV. 



Affairs in the north — skmuishes — battle of FrencMowny 
on the river Raisin — capture of Gen, Winchester's 
army — massacre of American prisoners* 



N, 



OW it came to pass, that the wickedness of Britain 
had roused up the spirit of Satan in the savages of the 
forest, in the north and in the west. 

2 And the tomahawk and the scalping knife were 
raised against the people of Columbia on the borders of 
the great lakes. 

3 So the people sought after a valiant man to go 
against the savages and the men of Britain. 

4 And they pitclied upon a certain governor of one of 
the states in the west, whose name was Harrison,* and 
the great Sanhedrim made him a chief captain of th§. 
army. 

5 jMoreover, he was beloved by the people, and a 
m^dity host of husbandmen v/ere ready to follow after 
him. 

6 And Harrison rested his army at the strong hold oi 
Meigs, nigh the Miami Rapids, which Heth in the way 
journeying towards the strong hold of Maiden, wlilch is 
in the province of the king ; whither he intended to go 
forth in the ple;;.::,F.hr reason of tjie vear. 



* Maj W. H. Harrison, Governor of Ohio, 



^8 HISTORICAL 

7 And Winchester* was another chief captoii, that 
went against the savages. 

8 Now the savages had been a sore tl.orn in die side 
cf the people of Columbia. 

9 yhey had assailed the hold wlikh h called a/tcr a 
chief captain, whose name ^v^s I>-arlior..). ^i^d their num- 
bers overpowered it, and tiic\ used d' --:- , and put to 
death the men, and the women, and die i.ii^ais tLa; ^ere 
found in the hold, after they had become captives, save 
about half a score. 

10 And their bowlings along tJie dj^k forest wcr^ 
more terrible than the ^vild wolf, ar.d thrir murderous 
cunning more dreadful than tl-r- |,r..wl-i.g tv-er. 

11 And the servants of the king u-avo them to drink 
of the string waters of Jamaica, well knov.ing that they 
love 1 it as they did their own souls. 

12 These were the allies, the messmates, the com- 
panions of the soldiexs of Britain ! liired assassins. 

IS However, about this time there were manv brave 
captains of the people of the United States t^it went 
against them. 

14 Even Russel, and Hopkins, and Tupper, and 
Campbell, and Williams, and others, who drove the red 
savages before them, 

15 And burnt their villages,* and Ip-I waste their 
habitations, and slew many of them ; Un- u is ^Xi\UTi m 
the holy scripture, Blood for Idood ! 

16 Nevertheless, diey trraicd die <c;v;uy,^ |!ii5o; pr:, 
who fell into their hands kindly ^ neitnr-r r iiiiercd thrv 
the people to buffet them ! 

17 But it came to pass, en the t^\^ntv..s^^ond dav of 

* Brig, G,.>L U'invuc^t'/r^ 



DEADER. 49 

the first month, that a mighty horde of savages, and ser- 
vants of the king, fell upon the army of Wmcbester the 
chief captain. • 

18 And it was about the dawning of the day, when 
the destructive engines opened their fires. 

19 And the place wliere the battle was fought was 
called, in the vernacular tongue, Frenchtown, which 
iieth on the south side of the River Raisin, nigh unto 
Lake Erie. 

20 Now the name of the chief captain of the army 
of Britain was Proctor, and he proved himself a wicked 
man, and l)is name is despised even unto this day. 

21 And when the battle waxed hot, and they began to 
rush one upon another with great violence, 

22 The small band of Columbia fought desperately, 
and the slaughter was dreadi'ul : and the pure snow of 
heaven was sprinkled and stained with the blood oi 
men ! 

23 Nevertheless, the people of the United States 
vvere overcome, and their chief captain made |); :soner, 

24 So when Winchester found he was made captive, 
and that there was no hope for the rest of the njcn under 
his command, he made a league with Proctor, the chiei 
captain of the host of the king. 

25 In the which Proctor agreed to vouchsafe protec- 
tion to the captive mea of Columbia, from the wrath of 
the savages, v/hom he had inflamed. 

26 Now the number of the men of Columbia that 
fell into theii' hands that day, were about five haiidred ; 
and the slain and wounded about an huuckrd " o -('..e 
^nd ten, 

E 2 



50 IIISTORTC.VL 

27 And the number of the savagos aud ihe men of 
Britain who fell in battle that day wore maiw. 

28 And Proctor removed the captives unto the stiong 
hold of Maiden, which lieth upon the opposite side of 
the river, iu the province of the king. 

29 But, in the cruelty of his heart, he left the sick, 
the wounded, and the dying to the mercy of the savages 
of the wilderness ! 

50 In this thing he transgressed the word he had 
pledged, which is evil in the sight of the Lord. 

31 Oh! for a veil to hide in utter darkness the hor- 
rid deeds of that awful day, that they migtit not be 
handed down to the children of men, in the times to 
come. 

32 Lo ! early in the morning of the next day, ere 
the sun had risen, the work of death began ! 

S3 Behold the sullen savage, with deadly rage, drag 
forth the shivering soldier over the blood-stained snow 
fainting, bleeding with his wounds, and imploring on his 
knees for mercy. 

34 Alas! the savage understandeth not his words; 
but giveth him a blow with the hatchet of death. 

35 For have not the counsellors of Britain said, For 
this will we give unto you silver and gold ? 

36 Thus were the poor wounded prisoners of Co- 
lumbia slaughtered in abundance. 

37 And Round-Head, the chief captain of the war- 
riors, and the savages under him, gat great praise from 
Proctor, the chief captain of the host of Britain.* 

38 Neither did the sick and wounded escape, who 



* See Procter's aQCOunt^ dated Quebec, Feb 6, 1813^^. 



R t:\DER. ' 51 

Ir;td gaiUered ihemselves top;erlier in tlic hoi:^^'-v, \\i-.t 
Vney might be ilhHtered iVoin the p.oa'!!!:^- old: iMrii 
those who were weary and unable to go ioitl-,. 

39 For the savages pat the barniiig hiaii d to tlie 
liouses, fiom which they could not flee, and hmn^ :'.:';:i 
to death thereiiL 

40 And the fiavijes and the siriol'.e arose ; and their 
cries and their groans" reached the high cliaucery of 
heaven, 

41 AVhere they will stand recorded, untd the coming; 
of diat day for which all other days v/ere made. 

42 Lo ! these were the helpmates of the niigtUy 
kingdom of Britain, that noble and generous nation, 
the hulwarlc of retigion I 

AS Tell it not in Gatli 5 publish it not in the streets of 
Askelon.* 



* The whole of this massacre ims conducted under the 
eyes of the British officers, and sanctioned hij ihcm as 
wetl a^ by their governmi'nt ; this fact has never been 
dlsavoivtd. 



HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XV. 

' ?.;r of the Briiish frigate Java, hy the United 
States frigate Comtitzitioiu 



the twelfth month of tlie first year of the decree 
i-f the great Sanhedrimj on the twenty and ninth day of 
the month, 

2 It came to pass, that one of the strong ships of the 
king had approached the country of the south, which 
llcth many thousand miles off. 

3 And the ship was called Java, after one of the 
sweet scented islands of the east ; where the poppy 
tloiuishes, where the heat of the sun is abundant, and 
wliere the Bohon Upas emits its deadly poison. 

4 Moreover, she carried about foiur hundred and fifty 
men, and a governor,* and many officers and soldiers of 
the king ; and she was well prepared for battle. 

5 And Lambert commanded the ship of Britain, and 
he was a brave and valiant man. 

6 So, as he passed along, nigh unto the coast of Brazil, 
where tlie sun casteth the shadow of a man to the south 
at noon day : 

7 (A place unknown to the children of Israel, in the 
days of Moses) 

8 Lo ! one of the tall ships of Columbia, even the 
Constitution, beheld her when she was yet a great 



Gov, Hyslo^j and suiie^ bound to Bombay. 



READER. 5S 

wav off, and made signs unto her which slie answered 
not ; 

9 Which caused the gallant captain, whose sir-name 
was Bainbridgej* to cast a shot towards her, aiier 
which she received the thunder of his destroying en- 
gines. 

10 And it was about the second hour after the mid- 
day, v/hen the sound of the battle-drum was heard. 

11 And, as tbey approached towards each other, th^t 
people shouted aloud, and the roaring of the- erigines was 
dreadful. 

12 And the servants of the king fojglit bravely j and 
tliey.held out to the last. 

13 For tliey were ashamed to let the nations of the 
earth say unto them, 

14 Lo ! ye, who are the lords and the masters of tlie 
mighty deep, have suffered these feeble Yankees to con- 
quer you. 

15 Therefore, the slaughter was dreadful, beyond 
measure. 

IG And the black clouds of smoke arose, and ob« 
scured the rays of the sun, so tiiat they fought in the 
shade. 

17 And the winds moved the vessels about, and they 
strove to avoid the balls of lead, and the heavy balLs of 
iron, that whistled about them in multitudes. 

18 (Now tiie.se bal]:-;, which were ^atheicd f\-om the 
bowels of the < nrih, were ^n hnenriLiU unknown to the 
ilic Phihsiines ; even Sampson ^v•as a stiimger to 
them.) 



^'^ Bahibritlrc- 



54 HISTORICAL 

19 However, the ships fought liard, for the space of 
about two hours, when their thunders ceased. 

20 And the ship of Britain had become a wreckj 
and the deck thereof was covered with blood ! 

21 Nevertheless, the ♦servants of the king struck not 
the flag of Britain ; for they were loth and hesitated ; 

22 But when Bainbridge, who saw this, came down 
upon them a second time, they kumbled themselves, 
and drew down the British cross. 

23 And the slain and the wounded of the king, that 
day, were an hundred three score and ten ; 

24 And those of the people of Columbia, were about 
thirty and four. 

25 Moreover, Bainbridge, the captain of the vessel 
of the United States, was sorely wounded. 

26 And Lambert, the captain of the ship of the 
kiixg, w^as wounded, even unto death. 

27 Now when the servants of the king were taken 
from tlie wreck, and meat and drink sat before them, 
t It tliey might be refreshed, they partook thereof and 
v/ere thankf;,;!. 

28 And on the second day Bainbridge put a match 
to the black dust that remained in the ship, and she 
burst asunder, and rent the air with a loud noise. 

29 And the fragments thereof were spread upon tlie 
waters round about. 

50 And the fish of the sea, even the mighty whales, 
fled from ilie noise of the explosion. 

51 However, the Constitudon escaped not unhurt, for 
she \vas much v/ounded in her tackling. 

32 So, when Bainbridge came into the haven of St. 
Salvador, wlu-ii licth farther to ihe south, he gave the 



READER 55 

men of Britain, whom he had made captive, liberty to 
go home to the king, their master. 

55 But when the tidings thereof reached the palace 
of the king, the lords and the ptinces and the rulers of 
Britam were confounded. 

34 Their spirits sunk within them ; astonishment 
seized the tyrants of the ocean. 

35 The smile of joy had departed from their counte- 
nances, and the gloom of despair havered around them. 

56 The wise men and the orators were mute j they 
gaped one upon another, and wist not what to say. 

57 But the people of Columbia, from the north to 
the south, were gladdened 5 and bestowed ?reat honor 
and praise on Bainbridge the captain. 

38 Even the great Sanhedrim of the people rejoiced 
with great joy. 



HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XVI. 



Com, Rodgers' returnfrom a second crvise—rMpivre of 
the V. Stales brig Vipcr—tJie General Armsiron- 
mid a Bntishfrigatc—privatccrin 



'■6 



IN'oW it came to pass, in the b< ::h r^mc: of llie one 
thousand eight hundred and ihiruuil; :.-ar cl the 
Great Founder of the Christian sect, 

2 That a strong ship of the United .^tates, cra.ed 
the President, commanded by Rodgcrs, retanied a se- 
cond tira etc the land of Columbia. 

3 \r^d while ?he was upon the waters of the great 
deep she fell in with one of the packets of the kmg^ 
ekled after the swift flying bird* of the air, and made 

capture thereof. • ^ , , 

4 \nd in the ship Rodgers found abundance of tN ealih,. 
even an hundred, sixty and eight thousand pieces oi 

tiilver. 

5 And it was carried, with many horses, to a piace 
of safe-keeping,t in the town of Bostoji, which Uethto 

(he east. 

6 Moreover, he made capture of another snip oi 
the king,t iadcn with oil and bones of the great nsh oi 

the deep. - 

7 Now it happened, on the seventeenth day o. the 

first month of the Sysme year, 



* Sioallotc. t Ba:nk of Boston. J Ship Jrgo. 



READER. 57 

8 Thai one of the weak vessels of the United States* 
became a. prey to one of the strong ships of the king^ 
called the Narcissus : albeit, she fought not. 

9 About this time tlie great waters of the Chesa= 
peake, which empty into the sea, were guarded by the 
strong siiips of the king, so that the vessels might not ar- 
rive or depart therefrom. 

10 Cut the vessels of the United States, and the 
private vessels of the men of Columbia, were doing 
great damage unto the commerce of Britain, even in her 
*^'V/ii waters. 

1 1 And the number of the private vessels, that moved 
.^nrifily over the face of the waters, and went oat ta de» 
h]jv)il the commerce of Britain, and to capture the mer- 
chant vessels thereof, v/as about two hunch-ed two score. 
s.ad ton. 

' 12 Arid tltey made capUire of more than iitteen hun- 
dred ..f lIm? vessels of the people of Britain.! 

L3 ^; • '..ove;-^ tiieve was a sore b?atle betv/een one- 
o/ liie pi,v;te armed vessels of the people of the United 
hi;t':-\ and a sircng ship of the king.i 

14 The p.ivateer was called the (ienerai Armstrong-^ 
and the name of the captain was Guy j) 

15 Now Guy was a valiant man, and fear was a 
;str;ji;j;er to him. 

iC And on the eleventh day of the third month he 
e-pied from afar a vessei which appeared as a speck 
uijon the waters. 

1? But whea he bore down upon her, behold.' she 



Vipsr- t During the mar, | A British frigate > 
^ Capt. Chcmmlain^ 
F 



0^ HISTORICAL 

tVas a fighting ship of Britain, carrying (he dtrstroyiRg 
engines, 

1 8 And Guy was' i-^ar being entrapped^ for i^e was 
deceived, thinking it was a merchant's vessel. 

19 Therefore he was cojnpelledto fight ; so he open- 
ed upon tlie vessel of the king, one of his mischievous- 
engines called, in the vernacular tongue, Long-Tom. 

2iO And they fought hard, a;nd the noise of the engines 
was very great. 

21 And the halls of lead and iron showered around 
like hail-stones ; for the strong ship of Britain had them 
in abundance. 

22 Now the sfoughter was dreadful- on both sides.,- 
and Guy was on the point of making capture of the 
ship : but he received a wound, and his vessel was disa- 
bled, so he made good his escape. 

23 And the slain and the wounded of Guy were 
twenty and three, and the vessel of the king lost about 
Iwice that number. 

24 Now, for this valiant ael, Guy gat great honor, 
sind the people give him as word of fine workmanship. 

25 Moreover, the Saratoga, the Scourge, the Chaufs- 
seur, and many other private vessels of the people of the 
United States, were a grievous plague to the servants of 
the king ; 

26 Inasmuch as sonae of them made sport with the 
mighty blockade of Britain, which she piat forth against' 
tlie free people of the land of Columbia. 

27 For when they caime nigh unto the #oast of Britain^ 
they made capture and burnt the vessels of ihe king, that 
^carried richjmcrchandise, costly jewels, and silver and gold. 

25 Yea, even iu their own waters, and in the sight Of 
ihm own havens, did they do ||>es€ thmgis. 



HEADER. ^9 

29 For it liappened t^at the cumiing Yankees knew 
how to construct the swift-sailing vessels, that they out- 
ran the strong vessels of Britain. 

30 And as the ships of Britain moved but slowly on 
the waters, so they caught thein not, 

3 1 Wherefoi e the artlBcerSj the mechanics, and thos« 
who dealt in merchandise, ralised their vckcs to the gr-eat 
council of Britain, saying, 

32 Lo ! are we not the faithful servants of tho king, 
^r master ? have we not given unto him the one half of 
,our whole substance ? and shall these Yankees take 
from us the remainder ? 

S3 Hath not the knag a thousand ships of war ? and 
wherefore should we be hemmed in ? 

34 Lo ! our merchant vessels are idle ! neither caii 
"we pass in safety even unto the land ctf Hibernia, which 
lieth nigh unto u8. 

35 And, behold, the captain of a private armed ves- 
sel of the Yankees, in derision of the proclamat on o[ 
our lord the king, hath proclaimed the island of Great 
Uritain and her dependencies in a state of rigouroie 
blockade ; saying, Lo ! I have the power to hem ye ill. 

36 Therefore, let the counsellors of the king ponder 
these things, and let the strong ships of Britain drive tke 
vessels of Columbia from our coast. 

37 Now the wisemen of Britain heard those things wit^ 
sorrow ; and they spake one to another concerning the 
matter : 

38 But they wist not what to ; for the cunning of the 
captains of the fast sailing vessels of Columbia, surpass^ 
M the wisdom of the lords of Britain. 



6tB HISTORICAL 

CHAP. XVII. 

Capture and burning of Ogdenshurgk hy the British. 



XN these days the x^-ar against Columbia was waged 
with great violence, 

2 And the fur-clad savages prowled in secret place* 
and fell upon the helpless. 

3 ' They hid themselves in the wilderness ; they 
couched down as a lion j and, as a young lion, they 
wa.ched for their prey.' 

4 The tall and leafless trees of the forest bent to the 
stro g winds of the north ; and the sound thereof was 
as t' e roaring of mighty waters. 

5 Moreover, the face of the earth was covered w)i^ 
snow, and the water of the ivers was frozen. 

6 And the borders of Columbia, nigh unto the pro« 
vince of ^he king, were exposed to the transgressions of 
the enemy. 

7 And the soldiers of the king came in abundance 
from the island of Britain, and pitched their tents in the 
Canadian provinceSo 

8 Accordingly, it came \o pa?,'?, on the twer43'-sGcond 
dr.y of the second month, being the birth "day of Wash- 
iii^^ton, the deliverer, 

9 That a mighty host came out of the province of 
the king, and v>ent afraiDsl the town of Ogdensburgh., 
■and made capture tlicieof. . 



10 And there were five slain and ten wounded of 
tlic people of Columbia, and about three score were 

taken by tlie servants of the king. 

11 Moreoverj the men of Britain gat much spoil 5 
even a large quantity of the black dust fell into their 
hands; 

12 And t\yelve of the destroying engines, which the 
people of Columbia had taken from the king about forty 
years boforco 

13 Also, three hundred tents, and more than a thou- 
sand weapons of war; bwt the vessels and the boats 
they con:-:umed widi fire. 

14 Now Ogdensburgii v/as a])eautiful village to be- 
hold; ncverdieless the^' burned it with fire, and it be- 
Cat^ic'a heap o( ruius. 

15 And the women =and the children looked for their 
homes, but found them not; and they sat do,wn in sor- 
row, ior the haughty conquerors laughed at their sufter- 
ings. 

16 Aucr which they returned with their rpoil tp 
Prescott, fiom whence they came, being on the Qth(5p 
side of the v>'at£r, in the province of the king. 

17 And the honor that was given tp.the ^erv^nt^qf 
Britain that day v.as as a thimble fulLof wa^er^pilt into 

■.the sea : hr they were like unto a giant goiugQu: i'^^air'At 
a bulnish. 



6t HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XVIII. 

ffajJture of the Peacock, of 1 S ^^ims, hy tjie V. o. 
sloop af war Hornet, of 1 6 guns — rctwrn of tJ^ 
Chesapeake from a cruise > 



T 



HE deeds of tbc renowned warriors, tlie patiiots, 
and the valiant men of Columbia, have prepared a path 
for the scribCj which he is compelled to follow : 

2 But, as the soaring eagle moves to its cragoy hc?*^ 
or the cooing dove to its fender mate, so is the compulsion 
of his heart. 

3 If the wickedness of l^ritain hath made manifest 
lier folly : if her sons have sat down in sackcloth and 
ashes, the scribe iooketb dov/n upon her with pity. 

4 It is written that, He who prideth himself in his 
Strength shall be humbled ; and the haughty shall be 
brought low. 

5 And, if the Lord hath smiled upon the arms of 
Columbia, let no man frown. 

G Now it came to pass, in the eighteen hundred and 
thirteenth year of the christian era, on the twentj^-fourth 
day of the second month, 

7 That one of the fighting vessels of Columbia, called 
the Hornet, which signifieth, in the vernacular tongue, 
a fly whose sting is poison, 

B Moved u^>on the waters of the great deep, far to 
ihe south, near unto a place which is called Deraarara. 



^ ivlcreover, the c^aptain of the llornvi v/as a valiant 
rsv\n^ and his name was Lawrence. 

10 And it \v-as towards the setting of the sun, Vv-iien 
Yv?. came nigh uuto one of the strong ships of the king, 

»<.:IitK tb'3 Fe;) ro:;i. Jw'iCr the bird whose feathers are 
beiiutiful to beliokl ; 

11 And the captain thereof was sir-named Pcakc. 

12 Now began the roarir.g noises of the engines oi* 
jdestniciionj tJiat opened their mouths r gainst one aa- 
ctlier; and dreadful was the slaiij:ht^rof that day. 

13 Nevertheless, in the space of about the iomth 
part of an hour, th ^ vessel of the king waa * ptmed ly 
ihc people of Columbia. 

14 And th-^y found therein some of the manners cA 
the U niled States, who had begged that thoy miirht [;© 
down into the hold of the ship, and not raise tlieh .hanJ-i 
against tl-.e blood of their awn brethren : 

15 i^iit Peake. the commander, sufierru them not, hut 
compelled them to fight against their own kinsmen : and 
one of them was slain in battle. 

16 And the killed and maimed of the people of Bri- 
tain, were about two score and two : and Peake the cap- 
taiii, was also slain : and the lossof Columbia was about 
frve souls ! 

IT iMoreover, the Peacock sunk down into the yawn- 
ing" dr'^p, before they coiiid.get all the men of Britain out 
of her ; and three of the people of Columbia -were 'ju- 
ried with her, whilst in the humane act of endeavouring 
to preserve the lives of the enemy, 

18 Now this was the hfth fighling vessel of the kirig 
which had been humbled, since tiie decree of the great 
.Sanhed;im, before the destroyiug engines cf the peojic 
,o( Coliimbia« 



C i HISTORICAL 

7 Anii T.awrence, and the brave men that fought 
y/lth hini, had honor and praise poured out Kpon them 

.^.bundantly. 

1!0 i\iorcovcr, the people of New-York gave unto 
Lawrence vessels of silver, with ciirjous devices ; and 

thf^y made a, feast fqr the men v/ho fouglit in the Hur- 

21 And all the^oeople wr-re exceedingly rejoiced at 
tl^tc valiant acts of LavvTonce, and his fame extended 
.ihronghout the land of Cc;Iu!abia 3 the sound of his 
name was tlie joy of every heart. 

22 Bat when the news thereof reached the ears of 
the wise men of Britain.. th(>y s^iid, Lo ! these men are 
^-iants ; neither are thf'y 11 x^ unto the warriors of the 
king. 

'23 And their witchcraft and their curniing are dark- 
less u nto us; even as wl.er. a man p-uiteth a candle un- 
der a bushel. 

24 Behold! five ti^nes hath the ^striped bunting' 
of Columbia, trlumphod over the royal cross of Bri- 
tain. 

25 Now tlie great Sanhejlrim, v/ho were assembled 
.together, forgal not the valiant deeds of the mariners of 

Columbia. 

26 For they dividetl amongst them more than seven- 
:ty thousand pieces of silver. <> 

27 And it came to pass, on the tenth day of the 
fourth month, in the sjime year, that the Cliescpeake, a 
strong vessel of the United States, arrived in. the liavcn 
of Boston. 

23 She had sailed upon the face of the rough wsi- 



READEK. m 

ters more tlian an hundred days, after she (iepartcd from 
th2 laud of Columbia, and passed a great way to the 
south : 

29 And wf^nt hard by the island of Baibadoes. and 
those places, in the great sea which encompasscth tae 
world, from whence the}^ bring poisoned waters, which 
open the womb of tlie earth to recci^'c the unwary sons 
of men. 

30 Moreover, in retm*ning, she came nigh unto the 
Capes of Virginia, where the sweet-scented plant* 
gr0weth in abundance. 

3 J And while she was on the ocean she captured a 
tiumber of the vessels of the people of Britain, vflii-;k 
were laden with rich merch?-ndisc. 



^ Twaccs^, 



t>o HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XIX. 



Capfurs of HttJe Tor/j, in l^jper Canada — ifw dc'struc^ 
tion of the wfiole Amerimn army prcveiitcdhtj Utc 
prccaiiiim of Gen. Pih—Me diiatk 



N 



OW, .whilst these things happened in the souths 
and the evils of war destroyed the life of man, and th« 
smiles of heaven strengthened the arms, and lifted np 
ibe glory of Columbia. ; 

2 Behold, preparations of warfare were making on 
the borders of the great lakes of the north. 

S And the vessels of war of Columbia that were up- 
on the waters of the lake called Ontario, were com- 
manded b}'^ a brave man, whose name was Chauncey. 

4 Now on the twenty-fifth day of the fomth months 
the army of Columbia, who were gathered on the shore 
qT the lake, went down into the strong vessels of Chaun- 
rev. 

5 And the number that went into the vessels waa 
■sbout two thousand, 

6 And Heniy* and Zebulon, whose sir-name wac 
rikr,t weie the chief captains of the host of Columbia* 

7 On the same day the ?tiil:< of tlie vessels were 
spread to the winds of heaven, andthey moved towar43 



Major General Dcarhorfi, t Brig- Gen* Pike, 



READER, m 

e. ptac€ calfed Little York,* in the pfovmce of Catiada;,' 

8 IIowb^it, the winds were adverse and blew witlt 
great violence from the east. 

9 Nevertheless, on the morning of the twenty-seventh 
day of the sfsnte rooi.h, the army of Golumbia, com- 
manded by like, the chief captain, moved out of the 
strong ships of the United States. 

10 But Henry remained an board the vessel of 
Chauncey, neither came he to the water's tOige. 

11 Aad the place where the host of Cc^umbia land- 
ed was to the west af the town, about twenty and four 
furlongs, and from the strong hold of the kir.g about teis 
furlongs. 

12 The gallant Forsyth, who kd a band of brave 
men, who foiight not for filthy iu-re's ss:ke, went before 
the host. 

13 And their weapons of war were of curioiis work- 
manship,t and they sent forth balls of lead ; such as 
were unkno\Vn to Pharonh when he followed the Chil- 
dren of Israel down into the red sea. 

14 Now Zebulon, wiih a thousand cijosea men, fol- 
lowed close after Fors^-th, the warrior. 

15 Abouj this time the savages and the serv?.nts of 
the king, even a great multitude^ opened their engines of 
destruction without mercy. 

16 And from the forest, and the secret places, their 
balls were showered like unto hail-stoncs, and the sound 
thereof was as sharp thunder. 

17 And a man, whose name was ShcafTc, was th^ 
chief captain of the host of Britain. 

* Capital of XL Canada, t Riiles. 



6i lilSTORICAL- 

i ^ Now tiie destroy uij^ en^'ines of the strong hold 
■>f Uh' king issiiad fire and smoke with a mighty noise 
iar! shot at tho ^^c-^-^Isof the United States. 

19 B'.it Ciiaii'icoy returned unto them four-fold ; and 
/»-Ki the battle Vvaxca hci^ both on the land and en die- 
tvater. 

/O And the men of Columhia rushed forward witlr 
j'v.ciiiejs^ Liiid diwc the men of Britain from- their strong 
iahl, 

2 1 So tiiey fled towards the town for safety, for they 
^v(':e ovcrcoaic ; and the savages were smitten with 
\ IV. their laud yelhngs ceased, and tlieir ilet^ere hght 
:'xr^ tiie \, ii-_! roe , 

2-2 Neverth^'Iess, the men of Columbia shouted aloiid^ 
unii soanded tiieir trumpets, their cymbals, and their' 
noisy drums, which were coatrived since the days of 
Jeroboam, king of JsraeL 

2'^ And Zebnlon, the valiant warricw, followed liard 
after them ; cind they found no rest; for they were sore 
;ju^'" ', ■'■:■[ i\\-: ph; D.om of tlieir imaginations pictured 

^: 1 ^o s '■ :\: i iy'j 7 urund they were nigh being made 
••;. ::\-i' .. .' tv d';):iri-. 1 *p Iv'ste from the town and from 
V. r -[■ -i-^r ;,.-;«.l iber^iii; siLve about two score. 

2;: X'-v,- when ;h'^ army of Britain was overthrown ; 
->, \yere comDclled to flee from the string hold j 

\^i. ,v^r;*; c-f li^ataa eiito'cd into their heaits. 

26 .\^d they^ feathered togetiier abundance of the 
hl^ick d!:stanu tixvd ii'iu the lowermost part of the lort, 
below the wails of stone. 

27 After whk^i tliey put a lighted match i^igh. U. I:, 



READER. 60 

*^/ ihat ^^hp:: \]\e wliole army of Columbia got into ths 
lioitl, t,'!-y ;:^, ^t be de;^troyfd. 

2y Bi.t ilie Lordj whj is uood, even lie who govern- 

,..,h thf" t1o'-t\,v!Ps <^:t mn;', ^ci;i;itied it not. 

,^ " ■ ':'.>.■' . ' ' A o.nd his army came out of 
the tiiick wood::>; }', to go forth agaiiist the 

strong hold;, 

CO Lo ! rhe^v' saw .. ,.ost of. Britaia; but thf" 

v:i eagie^ his strengtk 
'vise ! 
. i : ig for- 

-■■•: . ■ ,, : .-.ped: 

o^ >ij^L.i i^!-. LM..C a stripling, from the ^D.^'ih, -y'lth 
his wcRpon uf ^var in his ha:ul^ ran up to Zev.Ici:, a;ii 

-■ " ■- --■;ii'^ ^ippeareth in the fort, 

.:■ iwr he is busied with 

Si iiut Zebulon saidp i\ay ; we are yet a great way 

entreated him a second ti'iCj 
?: ! me step ;;i:t before the i. st 

; t loose upon ns 5 thea 

"f> ?^o he : > shot tlie man, 

!: a finhjng- 'if, 

..^.i.- --.n ux ijui \w;o ^ ■ :■ ■ ne '^veigiit ol' <t. 

" J.' Hut as the young man returned to wdiere the ar- 

*-'v- 1, ,':i. oeiioid ! the bhick dust in the hoht cauglit 

G 



70 IlfSTORICAL 

f^e, and it rent tlic air with the noise of a thousand 
thiinclcj-s : 

33 And the whole army fell down npon their faces* 
to the earth ; and the stones, and the fragments of rocks, 
werp lifted high 5 and the falhng tliereof was terrible 
even unto death. 

39 Yea, it was dreadful as the mighty earthquake^ 
which overturneth cities. 

40 And the \vhole face of the eartli round about, and 
the array of Zebulon, were overshadowed v> ith black 
;imoke 5 so thai, for a time, one man saw not another : 

41 But when the h ^aw clcuds of smoke passed away 
towards the west, behoid tlie earti was covered with tlie 
killed and the wci. :'':led. 

42 /las the sight was shocking to behold 5 as the 
deed was ignoble. 

43 About two hundred men r«se not : the stones liDd 
Bruised them ; the sliarp rocks had fallen s^poa them: 

44 They were wedged inco the '.artl< : their wea|)ons 
of war were bent down into the groiiii:! with tlitrn-n \ 
their feet were turned towards heaven; their iimbs wt^e 
lopped off. 

45 But when those wlio escaped unhrrt arose and 
looked iiouu, th^-y beheld not their ciiieftain; he had 
fallen to the earth. 

46 A huge stone smote him upon the back, ai:d 
iwc of his officers, (one of whom was the gallant 



> Jfo'>revcr f Grange this may appear^ it is a fact that 
the cojKh'ssion of :hc cJr produced that effect on -''.arfy 
uU who fronted tht ^:>:.£lonon.. 1 



READER n 

Fiascr/; YP. p and led hira forth from the field 

ol' raurder ; mi'- oit^j on the one side, and the ether on 
the Cither side. 

4; \\v\ a< liu V Ic ! Viim awnv he trimed his head 
aioiiiid to h'l.i brave \;..Hi- n- -mkI nntn tii^m, Go 
on ; i will oo with you so-' 

48 The magic of his woris gave joy i.^ liieir hcartsj 
for they loved iiim as th-v loved their owi\ lather. 

4:) Aad \vlih rcsisH> ,. ., ■ ;• ■:.. r-' \ ^na r.;^' Jon, 
nt the trampei's sound, c^r -lie .leaps of sluia and 
wounded, to glory, and to triainjh \ 

50 And a swift \\\ -r^. "-^^ ran down i^i^to IlenrVj 
with these words in bis r,\. .th, Lo ] the -1-:.: iir^ul of 
our army is slain ! its pride is gone ! Zeoulcn mz i;;' 
len ? 

51 Immediately Henry departed frcn v- • 
CRine to the shore, and W'^^.t ••\-- nnd led : 

iumbia to the town and tc: : 

5? 'vow tlif f^^'ii. i';-- ....:*v. : .: . , . .■..:- o-l' 

; ■ : ' :' : . were a'jout a taou;:anu 

53 And the loss oT ^ * : • • 'ibiu ^vas >'.,..: 

three hundred slain and wo nuded. 

:' ! And lienij, the chief captain, gave great hoiior. \.<i> 
: :t?irisund6r hlrn, even Ripley, Forsj^th and tus^ 
lis, aiul all the bravo men that ibiight that day. 

55 Nevertheles.^, Sheafse^ the captain of the king, 
icaped with a handfid of men, and t!ie swift-footed 
ivages: leaving behind him the insi^uir. of Bdush 
'.?rcy i--«-a htinjan scalp ! 



72 HISTOiUCAL 

56 But the rejcicings of the people v.cro iniiiii;k\i 
witJi deep sorrow ; for the brave were slain in batiie. 

57 Oh ! ear^hj how lon<^ shall thy inhabitants delight 
in warfare ? when shall the old men cease to weep for 
their children ? 

58 Behold yon lonely widows ; : p for their 
liusbands and their children; but ihey shall so;; tin'r 
faces no more ! " 

59 I'lie fair daughters of Colimibla sigh for the ro* 
rn of their beloved. 

60 Seest thou those little ones ? they fly to their dis- 
*>onsolate mother, they leap with joy at the name of 
father ! but he shall never return ! 

61 Oh ! that they had cast the black dust into th? 
i^ca ! then might not the children of men weep and 
wail. 

6 - Now on the next da}", wlien the army of Zebulon 
gat the tidings that their ca}>tain was slain, the tear,*; 
^itarted in their eyes ; they were mute, their hearts failed 
them 3 and they became as weak women, 

63 Moreover, the Unite! States made great lamen- 
tations over him ; and the remembrance of his name 
hhnll ]]\c hi t!ie hearts of the people. 

64 The e;i;^lo of Coluiiil/ia (1 -.^ a [-^.t^ry f^^y-i ^--r 
win^r, whicli the aRirel of brighL:; .-s :■:•::: ^i '■:;■ 1: ■ *' .. 
<he eanb, a::C€iidcd to hca\en^ and rrc^-i 



DEADER, TS 

GHAP. XX. 

Sketches of the History of Amerim. 



_!_ HE the voice of many years sliaU drop upon the 
diildren of men ;• and our children's children shall hear- 
ken unto it in the days to come. 

2 The country of Columbia is a wide extended land, 
which reacheth from the north to the south, more than 
eight thousand miles 5 and the breadth thereof is aboitt 
three thousand. 

3 Moreover tlie name of the country v/as called after 
the name of a great man, who was born in a place crilecl 
Genoa ;, beisg in Italia, on the sea-coast. 

4 His name was Christopher, sir-named Columbute 

5 As the righteous man struggleth against wickedness, 
so did he against ignorance and stupidity. 

6 Neverthelesf , it came to pass, in the fourteen bus- 
dred and ninety second year of the Christian era, that he 
crossed the waters of the mighty deep, a thing that had 
iiever been known among the sons of men. 

7 And the place where he landed was an island ia 
the sea, nigh uirto the continent of Columbia, called Sao 
Salvador 5 which, being interpreted, signifietli a place of 
safety. 

8 And ibe place was inliahited by wild" savages, andi 
they were naked, 

9 Now when the people heard that Columbus ha« 
i fimnd a new landj they were astonished beyond Bacci'^grej 



74 HISTORICAL 

for it was many tJhoasand miles cff ; moreover, some of 
them strove to rob h.\m of the honour, and he was tjeated 
wrongrully, 

10 But his name was lifted up above his enemies^ and 
it shall not be lost. 

1 1 Now the land of Columbia is a most plentiful land^ 
yielding gold and silver, and brass and iron abundantly. 

12 Likewise, all manner of creatures which are used 
lor food, and herbs and fruits of the earth : 

13 From the red cherry, and the rosy peach of the 
-morth, to the lemon, and the pjolden orange of the south. 

14 And from the small insect, that cheateth the mi- 
croscopic eye, to the huge mammoth that once moved on 
the borders of the river Hudson ; on the great river 
Ohio; and even down to the country of Patagonia in 
the south. 

15 Now ihe heighth of a mammoth is about seveis 
qeubits and a half, and the length thereof fourteen cu- 
bits ; and the bones thereof being weighed are more than 
thirty thousand shekels ; and the length of the tusks is 
more than six cubits. 

16 It is more wonderful than the elephant ; and th« 
history thereof, is it not r^eeorded in the book of Jeffer- 
son, the sca'ibe ?* 

17 The fierce tyger and the spotted leopard dwell 
in the dark forests ; and the swift-footed deer upon 
the mountains and high places. 

18 Now the number of inhabitants that are spread 
over the whole continent, is more than an hundred mil- 
lion. 

* Jeffenan's notes on Virginia, 



19 And the people of Columbia, who are indepen- 
dent of the tyrants of the earth, and who dwell betweea 
the great riycr which is called Mississippi, in the south^ 
and the province of Canada in the north, being number-" 
cd, are about ten thousand times ten thousand souls.* 

20 The men are comely and noble, and cowardice 
hath forgot to light upon thetn : neither are they a su- 
perstitious people ; they are peace-makers, tlu^y love 
the God of Israel, and worship him 5 and there are no 
idolaters ainonost them. 

21 The women are passing beautiful ; they are lik« 
unto fresh Hlies ; their cheeks are like wilil roses ; their 
lips as a thread of scarlet; nature hath gifted them with 
Koman virtue and patriotism ; acd they have spiedd 
goodness with a plentiful hand. 

22 Now it had happened in times past that the Idng 
-of Britain had made war upon the people of Columbia, 
fven forty years ago. 

23 For the riches and prosperity of Columbia had 
become great, and the king coveted them. 

24 And the war raged with the might of Britain,,' 
even in the heart of the land of Columbia, for about tlie 
space of seven years, v/hen th.e army of Coluinj'.-i be- 
came triumphant ; neitlier could the po rer ol Britaia 
conquer the sons of liberty. 

25 Accordingly a part of those who remained of 
the armies of Britain returned home -to the king, their 
master ; but a great number refused tc return, prefer- 



* The last census, in \ S\ 0, sfatcrl the nmouni at 
about 8.000,000, the nunibtir may 7iQw probabvy he in- 
weascdto 10;OOOjOOO.. 



Vf. HISTORICAL 

i.!U a cuuiitry wlioso mild laws are equally and righteoQiJs- 
!y dispeusedj and whcrr the hard earnings of industry 
ni'e not taken away by the tax-gatherer : 

26 So there was peace tlu-oughout the United States, 
tind a covenant made between the nations. 

27 But the names Oi^ the wise men of the great San- 
kedrini in those days^ and the names of tliose who 
fought hard in battle, and spilt their blood in the cause 
of liberty, are they not written la the books of the cln-on- 
icles ol those days ? 

28 Now the fatness of the land of Columbia bringctli 
people from ail nations to fhvell therein. 

. 29 The people of Colunibia Ui,e no pei-suasion, the 
sacred cause of Li>;i:irrY is the ST/iR of attract 
TioN : and tlio time shall come when the e^^es of ail men 
shall be opened, and tlic earth shall rejoice. 

GO 'J'heir laws are v/holesome, for the people are the 
lawgivers, even as it was m the days ®i C^rar '. b?U th^^ 
know iiQ kins«. 



DEADER. 77 



CHAP. XXL 

Depredations in the Chesfqjcn-rc-^^-Iiavr'-r'i ('rc-ie 

burnt by t/ip HrifhA iiiidrr Jdtn. Corkh'trn—at- 

^ tack on Cran>j Matid'-^^ilamjjtQn taken bij tht 



N< 



OW it came to pass, that the mighty fleet of Bri- 
tain, which was moving round about the great Bay of 
^ 'hosajiertkoj comiriiLtod much evil upon the shores 

J And ihoY rohbed ihas;e who were defenceless, and 
carried a^Vciy tlieir lu;is::cl cr^Ue, their sheep, and all 
those things which tiiey i'jruid, and put them into the 
: $trong ships of the king. 

3 Moreover, tlics burnt the dwellings of the helpless 
with fire, and they accounted it sport. 

4 And the old men, the little chihlren, and the women, 
yea, the fair daughters of Columbia, were compelled to 
{ly from the wickedness of barbarians. 

5 Even the small villages that rose beautifully on the 
<T side, became a prey unto thejii. RHd wer*^ coa^t .ivvl 

!)y men \-r!io caiicJ I'lemsclves th'> ;:-.:; 
Europe. 

6 They were like hu'igry "\f •■;"•; vr\^ -m'" vv 

iiel; de-traction and d > 'ps 

7 Now the ship ; ■' ^ 
wickf-d nian who.-- 



n IIISTOKICAL 

? And it war; si;-, t;;at '^n the t]\lvO day of the fdki 
-ii. ;::;;■ i:j the thirtv ;ui.' - ventii j-oai; of the indepen- 

D '~ -i:';:-:;!. ^■.: :^ ;!.tr\l ibv"- ;vK:':r,.b 1 ■ Wln'T'i a hojt 
-; vii<_ ^.a■•a/'' ;.^ : •:' 'Iritiun, cigaiii-a u ;;l,-u:^:.;^\t villng\ 
,. -I- -ncrj whicii lietii on the bordfrs of 

ih' "^'fSijiir;..;;.!;^ ;.i noble rivcr ^ behig iu the state of ' 

10 Novv there \y.is none lo defenl the place, save one '^ 
man, V, 1-ose sir-na.Tie was O'Neil, who came from the 
land cf Hiberniaj and himtl]ey made captive. 

11 Aiid they --irc ?s the bsybarians of the wildcr- 

r\(r?-.:j: (ierceiits,: ,'-:.,; hi '' 'r ]oc?];S;, cruehy was in their 
he^ats. 

'I'i To ■']"? ^-^ -■•■>:■ ^-^ r-:-.. ^[-:-y y:' y.p i>^.^-,^ing 



^;:>\va at the ICvt of i ■ ■ ■ " 

'less I his heart was 1" :.: ^ ■• i - ■ .. -■-,:: - - - . 

heard tliem not. 

14 However, it came to ; ' next day, when 

(he ^hhi sf:;^ (h .:;shi^-'n hr.^ ■ his booiv„ and 

j;iuuh:.. -ed. 

1.3 -\nJ ca i-\i sixni au}' c. i^ij same month he 
wen! r,o-:;hisl other unprotected vi'lages. which lie on 
,;.; >v, ; - ''i---;. :'■ ,, ah'-d FrederickstoTi'n and Ccc:y?' - 
.;; i\ I5j hU.I i:i.i.a[ tia^i : ' :;■- 






READER. r^ 

sliips of Britain xva^ increasedj -i 1 :r^:'^ r^-MUides of 
the soldiers of the king came vvith ::j::n lo liie v.-:-:.- 
of the Chesapcfike, 

18 And it CrADK^ to pass, en the twe^-: d'^y 
of the next moiii'i, th;i>; Cock'^r^ - ^' <• ■' n of 
the ships of Britain, ess'iyed to - : ^'d. 
nigh unto Nciiblk in the slate of \ irgiuia, ct'L 
vernacular toogucj CraDv-i -i-r'k 

19 And the nuniker of iL- : - ; ^ 
against the island was about live th.:i!.-.: 
began to c^at upon the shore tJ d.^ d-j/Nvi:] 

20 Near unto tijis |>iae- • >• ^,' ■ . 
Gomraanded by the gallant «Jas:sii}, were h-^mmed in by 
about a score of the niighty ships of the king. 

:^1 Now the figliting- vessels luuler Cas-iii were 
mostly small , and were called gun-boats^ and ti].y .v ■.' 
little more t!i; ii half a score in ninnber. 

22 liowbeit, but a low days before, thev wc 

the Junon,* a strong ship of iiritcdn, aud r>>- ,, i 

to depart from before the mouths of me d- ^ . . rg en- 
gines. 

23 But this island was defenceless; and 1 -*=■'? ■- ^ 
to protect it an hundred brave seamen f: ,;:; 

boats, and an hundred and fifty valitint me.t L,.-_.. h'i 
Constellation, a fighting ship of die United S-- ■. 

24 And they brought the devi-o :. - . \,;ui 
them, and they let them loose upon the ve.ev. Is of the 
king, and upon the men who were landing upon the 
shore. 



\Briii$h Fngate, Jimmu 



50 HISTOPvICAL 

2.> And the thundering noise thereof astonlshetl 
f :^ s^-Tvnnts cf the 's::uy* n^r fh'-v I^ne^v there was but 

V . • ':i;l of men ir 

'^G i>i;Ke()^cry r.d- . . ^:. >:' introduced a 

r^'-'. :;!'..;•'! r: ^r <M" (':■ . ^ ;. ■_ ,.:/■: -,. :ij;reve Rr<:k- 

!a\fiitor; ana tlieit were used 

'.;!i-::i:;::'vc as tiu'tle doves, for tjiej 

^ - ■ ' ^ ' ■ ._ w'th t'leir handicraft, 

:, r:r..v iV&:\i a bav/, and 
the^ ^ .'•■:■; I's' ::r; ,:nts of ijo king. 

2 • ■! . ■ ut two huiicued ol the 

ao^ethehost of them 

^: '■ "t-:in f;e<i in hasic to the 

-^[unc KlOllth 

i. ar\<( i-^ok it. 
' ,:ubia, com.uiraid- 

low 

^ . ur •. ., of 



]■'''' ' ' ; -od royal iuvafivii ue- 

^ . , , . •• "^f their lea.irrs. 

35 Oil. , ) i be ca?t over tliy 

ti-, M -M:ns oi • .. . ■ ■ '" 

'r- ^^-; • •:. . .■ ^' 

t'.^i", u;u; ^ '■ •■, 'OyVi\ ol' u dia::!';i5'i. 



READETl. ai 

.>f It was h<^re, even in Ilamptoiij timt thy strength 
and thy majesty rose up against the poor, the sick, and 
the needy. 

;'.8 Instead of protecting the tender women, the fair- 
est work of God, the life of the world; behold ! what 
hast thou done ? 

39 See ! the stiricking matron cast herself into the 
waters that she may escape thy brutal violence : but all 
in vain ; her garments are torn Irom her ; she becomes 
a prey to thy savage lust. 

40 Not she alone, but her daughter, and her fair sis- 
ters, hjve fallen into thy unhallowed hands, and been de- 
liled ! 

41 Oh, Britain ! the voice of violated chastity riseth 
up against thee : the mark of tiie beast is indelibly 
printed in tliy forehead : 

42 Even the old and weak men became victim? of 
thy barbarity; thy servants stripj)ed the aged Hope, 
and buffeted him ; with the point of their swords did 
they torment him. 

43 Do the groans of the murdered Kirby creep int© 
thine ears ? go thou and repent of thine evil, and do so 
no more : the Lord God of Hosts shall be thy Judge ; 

44 The generous people of CokimLia ma^ pi.i^sibly 
forgive thy crimes against theai ; but the remt i-.v lauce 
thereof shall live to the end of time ; neithei ^i.a'u aiej 

JIlDrget the name of CocKuarn. 



u 



92 HISTORICAl, 



CHAP. XXIL 

Russian mediation — Bayard and Gallatin sail for Si. 
Petersburgh — the British compelled to abandon the 
siege of Fort Meigs. 



T, 



HE lofty eagle cutteth the air with his wings, and 
moveth rapidly along ; the fish of the deep glide swiftly 
Shrougli the waters ; the timid deer bounds through ilie 
thick forests with wonderful speed : 

2 But Imaginatioa surpasseth them all ; she rideth 
©n the fleet winds j slie holdeth a stream of lightning ifi 
her hand. 

3 In an instant she fiieth from the frozen mountains of 
Zembla, in the regions of the north, to the burning sands 
of Africa in the torrid zone. 

4 Now the sons of Columbia were peace-makers ; 
neither did their footsteps follow after warfare. 

5 And, it is written in the holy scriptures. Blessed 
are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the chil- 
dren of God. 

6 So the great Sanhedrim of the people sent two of 
the wise men of Columbia, the one named Gallatin and 
the other Bayard, into a distant country : 

7 »'Ven unto the exfensive country of Russia, thai' 
there they might meet the wise men of Britain, and heal 
the wounds ©f the nations, and make peace with oae 
anotner. 



I 



READEfl. ^3 

3 Bat the people of Britain yielded not to the entrea- 
^es of the great Sanhedrim ; therefore the war continued 
to rage. 

9 v'o it came to pass, on the fifth day of the fifth 
month, in the pleasant season of the j'car ; v/heu the 
trees put forth their leaves and the air is perfumed with 
the sweet sceut of flowers, and the blue violets bespread 
the green hillocks ; 

10 That HarrisoPi; the chief captain, from the west 
the brave warrior, who had entreuched himself in the 
f trong hold of Meigs, nigh unto the river Miami, sallied 
forth against the savages a ^,u the men of Britain, that 
bemmed him in. 

11 Now there were about a thousand soldi-frs of the 
king, and a thousand savages that had besieged the fort 
many days ; and threw therein the balls of destruction^ 
and strove to make captive the army of Columbia. 

12 Nevertheless, Harrison, and his gallant little band, 
fought hard against them, and drove tljem from before 
the strong hold with great slaughter. 

13 Likewise, the slain of Columbia was about foiur 
sccre, besides the wounded. 

14 Moreover, the chief captain gave great honour to 
Miller and all the captains and soldiers under himj even 
those called milicia. 

15 And the names of the states of Ohio and 
Kentucky were raised high, by the valiant acts of thehr 
sons that day. f 



I 



S4 HISTORICAI. 



CHAP. XXIII. 



Surrender of Fort George avd Fort Erie to the Jwer- 
icans — Gen Brown drives the Britisli fr^ra he fore 
SacJcett^s Harbour icith great los^- — Gens. iVlnder 
and Chandler made prisoners at Fortij-inile Creek. 



.N< 



OW, on the twenty-seventh day of the 5i:»v 
month, being thirty days after Zebulon had gone lo t^lciip 
with his fathers, 

2 Henry, whose sir-name was Dearborn, and Lew- 
is,* the chief captains of the army of CoUimbia, aud 
Chauncey the commander of the lleet of the United 
States, that moved on the waters of the great hike On- 
tario, essayed to go against Fort George aad Fort Erie^ 
in the province of the king. 

3 For tkey had previously concerted their plan and 
matured it ; and taken on hoard the ships, the army of 
Columbia, and a number of the destroying engines. 

4 And when the vessels of Chauncey came nigh unta 
the place, they let the engines loose upon the fort, with a 
roaring noise. 

:^ In the meaiTlime the army landed upon the shor^ 
and went a,£;ainst tlie servants of the king. 



Gen, M<\''RTin L 



RLIADER. a5 

-t) And the men of Britain were ffight'nicrl at tlie 
soimd of tiie warring instruments that readied tlieir 
camp, and they Hed in dismay to wards the strong hold 

of Queens town. 

7 And they deistrc»yed their tents, and their st(. re- 
houses, and put a matc'.i to the black d-tst of tl»e:r maga- 
zines, and blew them a]^ into the air : this they did even 
iVoni Chippewa to Albino. 

8 Moreover, tl.;e :-hi.ia iind wounded of th.e kin:,Mvrre 
two hundred two score and ten ; of the men of vLoluai- 
bia a1>oat tliree score were slain and maiined. 

9 So t])e forts of Geori'.^ vnd Mrie were captured by 
Xbc LViny and navy of the United states. 

10 Aiid Ileriry and I;^aac, whose sir-name was 
< hau:;<'v v- spake well of all the captains and men that 
1''.;;:'ht wkh tliem. 

I ]_ 'J"-' gu]l;int captains Scott and Forsyth foaght 
b . 'ibilier were tliey alVabl. 

i : i L- b, and blbAjmb. and Winder, and Cliandler; 
a.ib Ibjit^r. and a !io:-t of hcToes, turned not aside from 

13 A.-:i'] here t'le noble spirit of t-ie youtlifu! Perry 
]):A-'-\\ Ibrt'i into view; a man made to a>toL!i;.b tb^^ 
w ;)!:ib, aiul shower down glory upon llie arms of Cohini- 
bb>. 

M ?^ow it happened obont the same time, tbrrfthe 
-:- :; >:bi;;, of Britain moved towards tlie other »^nd 
. ;'.';• t.) t'je east tlie^eof, and went against a place 
bn-s IIm-b:T. 

J * ; b lleet of thv king was commanded by a chief 
c-\-.<:'\) vbo^ename wi-^ "^'e'-^ ; vn:] revost, tiif g<>- 
. ^ . ■■ -^ Cd-iada. vv,>,n;n;! ' ' k ^ army. 



86 HISTORICAL 

16 And on the mGrning of the twcnty-Tilntb diiy of 
the month, they landed more than (i tl'cusand incn on 
theslioresof Columbia 

17 liowbeit, a certain valiant man, even Jacob, 
whose sir- name was Brown, commanded the host of 
Cohnnbia that went ain^inst tl'.em : 

IS And Jacob, albeit a man of peace,* drove the 
men of Britain, and compelled them to flee rapidly 
from the shore, and get them into tV.elr vessels. 

1 9 So Prevost and Teo returned to the strong liold 
of Kingston. 

20 And the skill of Jacob, in driving away t.^e sol- 
diers of the king, pleased the people, and they honoured 
him greatly. 

21 Not many days after these things, there was a 
sore battle fought, near to a place called Forty- mile 
Creek. 

22 And it was so that Winder and Chandler, two 
brave captains of the United States, and about four 
score men, were come upon unawares in the darknes^s 
©f the night, and made captive by the servants of the 
king. 

23 After which they were conveyed to the strong 
"Siold of Montreal, which lieth in the province of Cana- 
da, on the river St. Lawrence . 

24 The officers and soldiers of Columbia fought 
ll^ravely, and there were many slain and woimded on 
^th sides : 

25 Nevertheless, the army of the United States 
"2|Wt€d nigh unto the place. 



^ G^n, Brown is a Quaksr. 



HEADER. 87 



CiiAP. xxr 



Ca2)ture erf tJ.c ''^ v ■ ■--_.:',;./. i,.;, /ore Decatur 



I- 



Nf these days the pride of E/itain was sorely wound- 
ed : fjr she had been discomlited upon the %vaters of 
the great deep ; and disappoiRtment had sharpened her 
anger. 

2 The people of Cohairibia had triumph'-'d o\'?r b'^ 
ships : and her mighty arjBieshad gained no honors. 

5 Notwithstandirig sh.e had niade peace with tie na- 
tions of Europe, and her whole strength was tini? , 
against the people of Columbia. 

4 The prosperit}' of many hundred years had fitter- 
•cd her. and she Wcis puffed up with the vanity thenof ^. 
yea. she had forgotten herself. 

5 So it came to pass, on the first day of thr ^\x\. 
■month, that a certain strong ship of the king, caliec 
the Shannon, appeared • before the -haven of Bosta:} 
wiiich lieth to the cast. 

6 And she bade defiance to the vessels of C oiiinibia ; 
or she had prepared herself for the «vent. 

7 Now the Chesapeake, a fighting ship of the United 
States, was nigh uato the placie ; and she was commanri- 
«d '\y the brave Lawrence, who had gained much hoHO*i 
^athe sight of the people j neither was he^fra^*^ 



8S IjlSTOTlICAT. 

;•: V i] 'I' v: ■ ■ ■;: ■■ ;i;i!'r-;t tlie vessel ot" 

t'i - '.■ t ', -,v ■ i :- ;o I by Ui'oke, a viiliant 

.' ■ ■ ■ .\ :-'\ 'C. .^ :'■ ■' - ;•' ■- that wTrc iu til*' 

■ :Xi\\>:.-'X of I'lrnr mei? 

,; , ^ ■ - U,irk-1 S;ates. 

;m 1 ^:'. f;^t ." ''^ :;»: s^;' :: -v\\)\ ''■'■ hour of danger ar- 
i\;':.l I'.:'/ :\.i-= ■ -■■.: I ■;.> 1;.' I:, uiiu u. 11 unawares upon 
i!' ' iii'-n of L:!\i rciice. 

■i ! "'Tc-.-cr;]:-'!--::^, to\vn'";s t^o ^oirig down of tLe sua. 

12 And /.'! ■.vreace spake unto his ol^iccrs and lii.- 

: ;■ 'Sex-- s!;.dl V--0 set our ej^i'dnes at t-ie work of cle- 
., ■ -> ' i' r tl::^' r,vc ir:^;le oat of their luoiiths. as i^ 

Id iiil a'lhouob tdvl)' i;;:!;:'A'^ !>;' '-Tato]- d^aii o;u-. 
■;. •:'.', .;; ■_) • caa-jauro's ; 1:: lie \Aiu is kido cf ^'^diU 

] ;,y Bur ifj peradveiitare, we should be over-;. a.;. 
■r.a dicu shall not the :^\'.u..l ("■'>::k' of Lij^jin '. c ; 
i ^^' neUhcr sliail the pto: i • c.^ v v.I.i.djla be tJh;.. .■ ■ 

\"d •\':v->, year names shall be recorded as the cham- 
^a : oi' [i-eedum. 

17 Aud the nations of the c^^rth s'lad ir-ara ^vhh as- 
tosfishrujiit, how dearly 30a prize the iiih.ia'itaiice of voar 
hithers. 

IS Now whea Lawrence had maae aa ead of speaj-.- 
rr- th-y sat the ih^stroyiae; eii^aues to woi'lv, and riisiied 
. '-••r ^avihad-helierce ty-ers. 



i9 The fife and smoke were rcbiim^ant, and trcmen- 
iloLis was die noise that rent the iiir and iloaled upon the 
waters, 

20 And the Chesapeake fell close upon the Shannon^ 
swords clashed with swords, and pikes with pikes : and 
dreadful was theconllict tliereof. 

21 But the men of Broke were more nnmerous than 
the men of Lawrence, and overpowered them, by i\tt 
means of their numbers. 

22^Ah-eady had the valiant I.awren'-e fallen ; his life*- 
blood flowed fast ; still he crj.ed out to '-is brave compan- 
ions, saying unto them, "Don't t-iveup i^!:' ^-iiip; hi.-» noble 
^ijiirit fled, but jili name shall wot jierish. 

23 JMoreover, about this dme all the officers of the 
ship of the United States were either slain or sorely 
wounded 5 so she was captured by the vessel of the king. 

24 And Satan rose up in tlie hearts of the conquerors^^ 
and they shot the balls of death down into the hold of the 
vessel of the United States, even against the halt and 
maimed who had surrendered themselves. 

25 And when the tidings thereof reached the king- 
dom of Great Britain, the lords, the princes, the rulers^ 
yea, all tlie people were rejoiced he^'ond measure. 

26 And they bade their roaring engines utter their 
voices in Loudon, their chief city, thut had been silent 
many years, even those ia the great tower,* which was 
built by Wilham the Bastard, more than seven hundred 
years ago. 



* On this occasion their Jircd their tower gimSy ivhiQ^ 
ad not been done since Nchon-s victor?/. 



7Q lirsroHiCAL 

27 Their joy was unboundedj for the)' had overcomt' 
ONE of the strong ships of Columbia. 

i^S Now the slain and the wouiided on board thf 
Chesapeake, were an hundred two score acd four ; and 
lliere fell of the serviiuts of the king about two huu- 
dred. 

29 Amonj^st the slaiii of Celambia -were also Aujnis- 
ias, whose sir-Ranie was Ludlow, and another brave 
ofdcer whose name was White. 

50 And when the people of Columbia heard of it 
truth that Lawrence was slain, th^y moarned for hint 
many days. 

51 His body was conveyed to a place called Halifax^ 
in the province of the king, where they honoured hia; 
memory, and buried hijn for a while. 

32 But in a short time thereafter his body was fake» 
out of the earth, with the body of Ludlow, and convey- 
td to the city of New-York, for interment. 

33 And the captain's name who volunteered his ser- 
vices in this act of patriotism, and who brought the 
bodies av/ay from Halifax, was Crowningshield, of 
j5alem, in the state erf ^Massachusetts. 

S4 So Lawrence was buried in the burial-place of 
his fatliers, in his own land : and a great multitude of 
people went out to behold the funeral as it passed 
through the city. 

35 And his valiant deeds shall live forever in the re* 
Sfiembiance of the people. 

36 About tins time, on the fourth day of the month, 
th^ brave Decatur essayed to go forth with his vf Fsei 
apon the waters of the might v deep. 

S7 And the yesseU that were with liira were called 



READER. 9i 

the TTnited ?^tntes, the Hornet, and the Macedonian ^ 
the latier a strong sliip which he had captured tVcm 
the king. 

58 But it was so, that some large vessels of 'ntain^ 
•orrying each of them more than seventy of the destroy- 
ing engines, suffered him not to go forth. 

59 Moreover, they wished to retake the IMacedonian^ 
that they might retrieve the ehanie of the capture there- 
of. 

40 So the ships of Britain blockaded Decatur and 
his ships in the haven of New-Londoj.>, which lieih in 
the state of Connecticut, nigh unto a place called StoF. 
sigton^ and they reitiaineti there many months = 



O'Z in:5T0RICA'L 



CHAP. XXV. 

Oapinre of '^ol H >r:'.-'-r'r and Major Chapin with thetr 
commas/.:! — -'r(:(:::ru-7it of Prisoricrs — ^Major Cka- 



OW tliere ^-ns miicli hard fishting on the borders, 
for the rsiitions were wroth against one anotherj and 
-:'i:\ny mcu were sla^n by the swu'-d. 

C: Uui I'' is wrifien in the book of Jeremiah the 
],r<.])V;rt, {'■>;:[ l\c wiio is shun by the sword, is better 
than he who is shain by famine. 

3 Neverthek^ss, many of tlie sohHers of Columbia 
siilTer^ti hunger ; for they had given unto them unwhole- 
some food;, and a scanty fare, 

4 Altliou^jh, when the servants of the king became 
captives to the people of Columbia, they were kindly 
treated, and partook of the fat of the land. 

5 Now it came to pass, in the second year of the 
war, on tlie twenty-third &iay of the sixth month, 

6 That a captain of the United States, whxOse sir- 
name was Bocrstler, was ordered to go forth from the 
strong hold of Fort George, to annoy the enemy. 

7 And the name of the place where he essayed to go, 
was calh'd Beaver-d;!ms, being distant from the strong 
hold of Queenstowu about seventy furlongs. 



liEADEK. - e^ 

S And the luimbcr of the r<ici: of v»-ar of Columbia 
i\!io foUovved after him was Jiulo more tiiaii five Imii- 

di-tvl. 

9 B'lt wlicu tliev came uigh iiulo tlie place, early in 
the morning of t'le next day. \o ! they were encompass- 
ed round about by the sava::es and sohiiers of the king. 

10 Nevcrtlieless, tliey fonglit bravely for a, time; and 
Dearborhy .the chief caj:!tJiin of Fort George, sent the 
vahant Chrystic to help !;im out of liis snare. 

1 1 But Boerstler and his army had already become 
captive to the men of Frirain. 

12 And they made a c<:vrnant in wrhin::, belwrcu 
one anoihc;', but tlic mcii of Ih-itain viohited liie cove- 
iinnt. 

13 Inasmnch as they iKrjr.i o-; llie savages to rob the 
."^Icers of their swords, and thoir apparel, yea, even the 
■ooes from off their feet. 

14 After vrhich the men of Columbia were command- 
ed to ^0, In h'oats, down to the sti'ong hold of Kingston, 
in the i)rovii;'>'e of the king. 

!o V-iAt a certain brave captain, called Chapin,* a 
enrminLT man withal, ma;io hi-! escape in a bGat,-ti.nd ar- 
rived- at the strong hold of Fort George; having, by 
he strength of his single arm, overpowered three of the 
.,, •on'7 roen of Britain. 

* Mnjor Chapin. 



94 mSTORIC/. 



CHAP.r^XVL 



Capture of Fort ScMosser and BJacJc Rock — —Gen. 
Dearborn resigns Ms comrnand to Gen. Bo'v-l^ on 
account of sickness tlie Six Nations of Indians 



declare icar against Canada. 



Ai 



.ND it came to puss, on tlie fourth Cv<\y of the seventh 
moKth, which is the birth day of Cohambian Liberty 
and Independence, 

2 In the dark and solemn hour of the niiriit. v.liert the 
deadly savnge walketh abroad, and the hungry wolves 
howl along the forest, 

3 A band of the mQ'.\ of Britain crossed over th6 
water from Chippawa to a [.lace called Fcit Schlosser. 

4 And there was a handl'ial of tlie men of the United 
Stateaun the place, whom iY.ey made- captive, being 
twelve in number. 

5 Likewise, they carried away the bread and the 
meat, and some of the strong waters j also one of the 
destroying engines. 

6 Moreover, the eno;ine which they brought away was 
made partly of brass, partly of iron, and partly of wood. 

7 And the weight of the ball that issued out of its 
mouth was about two hiinderd sliekcls, after the shekel 
of the sanctuary. 



READER 9 J 

* S On the tenth day of the same month the j also pass- 
ed over the river Niagara^ tov^-ards 'a place called Black 
Rock, and the small baiid at the place fled. 

9 And they destroyed the strong house, and the 
camp with fire, and carried away the flour, and the salt, 
and such things as tliey stood in need of. 

10 However, while they #ere yet carrying them a- 
tv, there camo a band of men cfthe United Slates, 

./oin the village of Bx^ffaloe. 

1 1 And let liieir instruments of war loo:^e npon them ' 
and smote them even unto death 5 albeit, tii •■■■e wlio wen. 
FiOt slain escaped with their plunder. 

12 And they fled hastily away, leaving nine of tueir 
slain behind, and more than half a score of cap- 
tives. 

13 The soldiers of the king were commanded by 
two men, the one called Bishop and the other Warren, 
and the men of Columbia were commanded by a cheif 
captain, named Porter.* 

14 About this time the savages and the" men of war 
of Britain assailed the guards and the out-posts near 
unto Fort George 

15 Day after day and night after night did they an- 
noy them ; and many were slain on both sides. 

16 And Dearborn, the chief captain of the fort, and of 
the host of Columbia round about Niagara, becam.e sick 
afld unable to go out to battle. 

17 So Boyd, a brave and tried warrior, was made 
chief captain in his stead, until Wilkinson, the chief 
<:aptain, arrived : and the gallant Eraser was appointed 
.one of his aids. 



*■ (?f>n. P. B. Porter, 



90 HISTORICAL 

■r 

18 J>fow tliere wore some amonirst the tribes of Tiic. 
savages, who liiid been instructed in tlie ways of God, 
and taught to walk intlic pntli of rioliteoiisiiess. 

19 For 'the chief gover:] or of tlie I;ind of Coli!inl)ia, 
and the great Sanliedrim of tlio people, iiad takcMi tlien. 
'inder tlieir care. 

20 And sent good men amongst them to picacli liie 
(cspel, and instruct tliem in tlie subhme doctrine of the 
Saviour of tb.e world. 

21 And they hearkened unto the ryre.u bersj and were 
. onvinced, and their natures were softened, 

22 Amongst these tribes were those who were called 
ihe Six nations of New York Indians. 

23 And their eyes were opened, and they sawtlic 
evil and wickedness of Britain. 

24 So their chiefs and their couns-eliors rose up and 
made war against the province of Canada, and fought 
'.i jiiinst the hirtd savages of the king of Britain. 

25 But in all their acts they suhered not the spirit of 
barbarians to rule over them. 

26 They remembered the good counsel given to theim 
by their aged chief.* 

27 And when the red savages and the men of Britain 
fell into their hands, they raised neitlier the tomahav.k 
nor the scalping knife. 

28 Nay, they treated them kindly; and those who 
were slain in battle they disturbed not ; and their human- 
ity exceeded the humanity of the white men of Britain. 



to an tl(><;-{!'h< y'^cra:, d'^ufrnl (Ua 



ttEADER. 



CHAP. XX V 



d SirJaj 



h:'- .W. rrrr 



!2 lleet of the kin?, wh 



.) was asNi 



coiiinvedt;'s •- 



hcnimc^l hlni in Ibr a time:. , . 

G Cut -i stroiio; vyest wiaa .^'v-o and 1I12 Hcc'ts v, 



:)\\- it was so,tha.t wn<;n i co i}ut :i 



tlioiirrb he would fif^Ijt, 



inecthmi, 



98 HISTORICAL 

10 ?o ChaiiiicG}'' sailed along the borders of tlie lake, 
'rom the one end to the other ; even from Niagara o; 
Sackett's Harbour, una Yeo followed him not. 

11 Now allthe vessejs of the king, and all the ves- 
sels of the United SlaieS;, that carried tiie destroying en- 
gines, upon tiie lake Ontario, being numbered were about 
seventeen. 

12 Howsoever, they cut down the tall trees of the 
orcst, and hewed them, and built many more strong 

vessels ; although they had no gophar-wood amongst 
them in these days. 

13 And they made stories to them, even to the third 
lory, and they put windows in them, and they pitched 

•diem within and without with pitch ; after the fashion of 
'».he ark. 

14 And, lo! some of the ships which the}' built upon 
f.he lake, carried about an hundred of the engines of 
death. 

15 And the weight of a ball which they vomited forth 
was about a thousand shekels. 

16 Now the rest of the acts of Chauncey and Yeo, 
which they did, are they not written in tiic book of Pal- 
mer, the scribe?* 

* Historical Register, an excellent puhlication, Jit 
4 vols, octavo, printed in Philadelphia, 1S16, iDhich 
contains the facts and the official documents of the late 

zvar. 



€IiAP. XXVllL 



Affairs on Lake ChampJain — piUap-c of Fhitishurgkhy 
the British — boinhardmrnt of Bu^'uiigton — (hprcda- 
fions committed in the Chcsai!caJ<e> an.dcdop:: (lu: coat^. 



X.^ OW the iigiiting vessels orBfitcun began to appear 
upon the lake, called by tlie ancient Gauls, CJiaiiijilain. 

2 And the vessels of war of Columbia that v.ere upcc 
tlje waters of the lake v>'ere not yet prepared for the 
battle; the name of their comniarider was .^PDono?;ghj 
a stripling. 

3 So^ it came to pass^ on t'he thirty and first day of 
the seventh month, that the vessels of the king came for- 
ward against Platts burgh, which lieth on the borders of 
the lake. 

4 And there v/ere none to defend the place ; for the 
anny of Hampton, a chief captain of the United States, 
v/as encamped upon the oppisite side of th.e lake, at G 
place called Builington^ in the state of Vermont. 

5 And the number of the soldiers oi the king that land- 
ed at Plattsburgh was more than. a. thousand nK.'n, and 
tlie name of their chief captain was Murray. 

G And a caj)tain of the United States, whose name 
K"?^ Moeers., a man of valor, strove to, gather togeUiei 



: -X; ' IIISTORICAL 

htf ]?!isl3andmeii of the place; but they werj not r;- 

• •. '■ CokiiPbia 1 ■ . ! > : '. t . ' men ol Britain. 

; 3!orv^ovcr, the v ' ' .» wliich had been eommit- 

t Lt IiriniptoR.wa'- :- ' ■ L!)r )av,i, even from the 
I. OS en ^'h'in'p toh: ' . -11. 

9 Acco/JJii?lyj I'h < V . an J rl'lhlreiij who 

■ cj. ii!>ie. suddenly >' , .i th" ph)f'e, lest the 

• -hsi"- riiiidiK -/.'o ' ; , ..; , Jm] ] e:\ i ii'j) them. 

;<; N«riioi'AveH '' ■ _ .' i \ I \ ][ ( .• ^lu: fo\\\o': 
■'• ' a ijl -^ }>!uce"Viiis " , ' . ..^. ;> ( ,>. .\L '."lade. the 
- 1 , lilts oi ilieki'ri i^i.)^ ? ; .li.!.'-. 

i4 '"'",■ ' ' ' • ' * ' i' ' *<:'•, s;<\/:\e, Pish ! ye 
•' ' h ' 1 ) it! ^ o'l as seemeth 

"">•♦" '-. "e ! ' h o;' .^; J.iiigs le- 

, > . . ' r \\ .• ■ 't , c u t':e 1."- ' ;he 

, ■ 'vN, \'^'\ tl e >. ■!;•;;. ,.c.>m f ,- of ; ' i ^ _ ,, , ^he 

i;ei.\')ns oT liOJiie (.fih^ i^- ,." i ~.^vi ' -^ 1 : 

15 'i / V hided th'cude. r>^ u^ ^, , d. .^ h d- 
,and after they had eaten end draidv, they eveituMied 
the tables. 

16 So, when their vengeance M'as corii|>h?te(i, they 
departed to other jdarcs end cenindU;'d lil^c v\\].i. 

17 About the s-diT.e tiv.:e ihe ve.^S;':.i <u dr' I- i'-;; ihii 
sailed on the lake^ went n/'aiiist the town of 

■where the army of lianipion was. 

18 But when'thi^men of Cohambia bcran to Ice tl:s 



uCitroj'ii'g oiiiniios Ici^'^o L]|)Mii t^!.'nK Q-Oiii the sfroiig jiold 
^before the t^wn, they lied in rhsiiKiy. 

19 N(nv wh/ile t^-rse tluMgs were passing in the nortli^ 
tlie greedy sons of CritUin werelayhig desolate the smuil 
villages of the south. 

20 On the waters of ih^ Chesapeake ihey captured 
the small vessels and made spoil thcreoi'. 

21 Moreover, tiiey gat jiosseslon of a. small plaK:c 
called Kent Inland, and lobbed the poor and needy; for 

.there was no iiiercy in them. 

22 Yea, it was said of a tmth, and talked abroad, that 
they came in the night time, and disturbed the small 
cattle, and the fowls, and took them for their own use, 
and crawled away like men ashamed ; 

23 Thus commiting a sin, by violating the eighth 
commandment of God, which saith, Thou shalt not 

STEAL. 

24 Even the state of North-Carolina escaped them 
not ; they landed a tliousandnien of war at a place cal- 
led Ocracocke. 

25 And again the work of destruction began ; they 
spread terror and dismay whithersoever they went. 

2G They troubled the men of Columbia all along the 
sea coast, which .is m.cre than eight thousand furlongs^ 
from north to south. , 

2T Moreover, the} gat much plunder: even m.uch of 
the good things with which the laud of Columbia 
aboundeth. 



inSTORiCAL 



CJIAP XXIX. 



::;;.:;- Cro;-hu:i defeats the BrUim and Indicws.tmdcr 
Gen. FrGcior pill their atlack on Fort Stcjilicnson.y 



N 



EVERTIIELESS, it came to pass, that Kariaonj 
the chief captain of the north west army, had placed 
a captain, a young man, in the hold called Fort Stephen- 
son, to defend it. 

2 Now the fort lieth at the western end of the great 
lake Erie, at a place called Sandusky. 

3 And the number of the soldiers that were with the 
3'outh in the held was about an hundred and three score, 
and they had only one of the destroying engines. 

4 Now the name of the young man was George, and 
his sir-namiC was Croghan. 

5 So, on the first day of the eighth month, about the 
going down of the sun, a mighty host from Maiden ap- 
peared before the hold. 

6 Even a thousand savages, and about five lumdred 
men. of war of Britain 5 and Proctor was the commrandcr 
thereof. 

7 Moreo-'cr, they brought the instruments of destruc- 
•ion ill ereat plenty ; even howitzers, which were not 
I ::)ov;ii ki the days of tlie children of Israel. 

'•! /iiiJ tliey had prepared themselves for the figh?" 



and encompassed the place round about, both by land 
and by water. 

9 After v/hich Proctor sent a message to the brave 
Croghaii, by a captain whose name was Elliot, and iLj 
words thereof were in this sort : 

10 Lo ! now ye cnn neither move totlicridit hop t ■ 
the left, to escape ; for we have hemmed 3^011 iii ; 

1 1 Therefore, that your blood may not be spili in v.h , : , 
we command that ye g'ive up the strong hold into tli 
kaads of the servants of the king, and become captives. 

12 We have the destroying engines in abundance, and 
we are a numerous host. 

13 Furthermore, if ye refuse then shall th^ wild sa- 
vages be let loose upon you ; and there snail be none left 
among you to go and tell the tidings thereof. 

14 But when Croghan heard the mesi-c^-. he -^n^wer- 
ed and said unto EHiot, Get thee now to ihy r^.i' f c'p- 
tain, and say unto liim. [ relase ; neitiier wili i hearkenv 
unto him : 

15 And if it be so-, that he come against me with hi:; 
whole host, even then will I not turn aside from the 
fierce battle 5 thougli his numbers were as the sand oi-i 
the sea shore. 

16 Lo ! David, of old, with a sling and a stone, slew^ 
the mighty Goliah : and shall the people of Columbia be 
afraid, and bow before the tyrants of Europ>e ? 

17 Then Elliot returned to the army of the king : and 
immediately the mouths of their engines were opeiied 
against the fort. 

1 'S And the noise thereof continued a long time ; even 
until the next day ; but thair battering prevailed not. 
19 ?'''ow when Procter '1V7/ it was of no avail, he di- 



114 IIISTePviCAL 

vkled hiis host int-o tv/o bands^ and npjoiivteJ a captahi )o 
c;ich band: and they moved tovv'ards {lie Tori and af^sail- 
od it with <]:ieat violence. 

20 lliit tlie men of Crogban v»'ere prepared Toi* them ; 
md they let loose their \vea[jons of v\-A.rjip.-inAi|^|^. and 
set their dcstiT^inn- engine to v/oik, intil smote, tke^ men 
ofBritain, hip and thijii, wiLh great ^lauahter. 

21 And the deep diicli that surrounded the fort was 
•>!rs"\ved v:'[\i llii'ir ;••::■. ^ ai'd^htdr ^vo:;nded, 

2'2 ^•{) (h>' h«f ^t <;i' ^vriud'i wu-e disniaj'ed and over- 
Oiro^vn. :i>al iivMi in ro;d'a ;ion iVom tje Ibi't i'-vO {\i^ jbr, 
'■st ; irom wlien^w in the dead ofthe nighty they went in- 
'1'^ ihiAr \r>;;^;J'^, uivJ depav el from the plac::. 

"3 ISiiw ihe le>s uf the mea of Briiidn was about sq 
hundred two scure and tea ; and of the men of Colnmbia 
iierc was one ^lain and seven wounded., 

14 But Vkiieii Proetor had rested his army he sent a 
^kilf'!! ];h_\>ieianto heal the maimed which lie had tied 
■V();?: andleit behind. 

:?5 lhi^ ilurison, tiie cliief ca]>tuia. said unto him. Al~ 
;..b ii;. ve my phy>leJans boand up their wounds, and 
.;\>'u them bread and wine, and comforted them ; 
dfteri'ii^ njaneci' of our country. 

2G ¥vi wesuiiernr,! tlie captives that fall, into our 
Naiids to be biiilbted or maltreated ; neither want th?y 
or ai^vtbi:'-. 

'2T So ih(> pb3h;;cian ofthe king's army was permitted 
'■ roturn lo bis own camp. 

,bS More over, great honor cid praise were bestowc.il 
!pon iiie brave (h'og)'anj the capfain ofthe fop^ for lbs 
valiant deeds ; and his name \vas si^oVen of -with joy 
■:'-•.. ':b>-.;+ dio buul of C'olumbia. 



READER. 105 



CHAP. XXX. 



ibofier 'Dominicay ^f 14 Guns, cajkuredhi/ 
t'te privateer Decatur, of 7 guns — U. S. brig Argus 
c-fpiurcd hij the Felican — cavtiire of the Boxer by 
the U. S. brig Enter prize. 



±\ OW the war continued to rage without abatement. 
upon the waters of the great deep; 

'i And Hianiiold were the evils that came upon the 
children of men by tiie means thereof^ 

o "Irrcover, I'le oreat Sanhedrim of the people 
\-.-: vi' h'l-'rd. to bestir tliernselvcs ; and they had con- 
tJuned ilieir councils day after day without ceasing. 

4 And it came to pass, that tiiere v/as a dreadful 
battle fought i)ctv\'een a vessel of the king, and a private 
V ^sel of Columbia. 

5 Andthena-me of the vessel that fought was De- 
critur, and the captain's name was Diron, a Gaid. 

|6 And it was so, that about the fourth day of the 
eighth month, the Decatur having sailed out of the ha- 
ven of Charleston, being in the state of South Carohna, 
fell in with one of the tighting vessels of the king, called 
the Dominica. 

7 But the destroying engines of the king^'s vessel 
were two fold greater in numbers than those of th.e 
D-ecatnr. 

K 



106 HISTORICAL 

8 Nevertheless, they set thorn to work, so that they 
groaned beneath the fire and sjiioke ; 

9 And in about the space of an liour the Dominica 
was conquered and taken cajdive. 

10 For when the vessels came close together, the 
men smote one ajiother with their swards atid weapou'S 
of wkr ; yea, even ti!c I'alls of iron they cast at eacJi 
otiier, with their hands, and slew, one another with 
wonderful slaughter. 

11 Inasmuch as there were slain and i:{>aiiiic(l oftlie 
king three score souls ; those of tlie Decatnr were 
about a score : moreover the ca|.iain of the Doniiniea 
was slain. 

12 The fight was an unequal one ; and the bravery 
t)f Diron gained him a great name, for he overcame the 
enemies of freedom 5 although their force was greater 
than his. 

13 After this, on the fourteentji day of the same 
month, there was another sore battle between a small 
vessel of the United States, called the Argus and the 
Fclican, a ship of the Idng. 

14 Now the Pelican was somewhat stronger than the 
.\rgus, and tliey were stubborn and kept the destroying 
engines to work, wi*h great noise about forty .and fiv 
minutes. 

15 And the brave captain of the Argus, wh.ose name 
was Allen, was wounded unto death, and the vessel of 
Columbia was captured by the ship of Britain, tlie name 
of the commander whereof was Maples. 

16 Of the men of Columbia six were slain and 
seventeen wounded ; of the men of Britain the slaip 
and wounded were five. 



e 



READER. 107 

IT Now the fkath of Allen was spoken of with sor- 
row /throughout the land of Columbia, for he had de-= 
fjpifded the vessel of the United States nobly : and cap- 
tured some mercliant ships of Britain. 

1 8 Even the enemy regarded him for his bravery, 
for they buried him with lionour in their own country, 
not far from the place where he became captive, w^iich 
was in the waters of the king, even in St. George^s 
Channel. 

19 But k came to pass, on the fifth day of the ne?rt 
month, in the sanle year, 

20 That a certain small vess^^l of Columbia, carrying 
the engines of destruction, commanded by a gallant 
man, whose name was Burrows, fell in with an- 
other small vessel of the king, called the Boxer and 
the captain thereof was a brave man, and his name was 
Blythe. 

21 In the language of the people of the land, the 
vessel of Columbia was called the Enterprize. 

22 Now when the vessels drew »igh unto each other 
the men shouted with loud shouting. 

23 And iminediately they let the mischievous engines 
loose upon one another, with a noise like unto thunder. 

S4 But it happened, that in about the space of forty 
minutes, the Boxer was overcome j but she was taken 
somewhat unawares : 

25 For, lo ! the pride of the men of Britain l;ad made 
them foolish : and, thinking of the conquest, they nailed 
Britannia'^: red-cross to the mast of the vessel. 

26 Vv' hereupon, after they were overcome, they cried 



108 HISTORICAL 

27 Behold ! our colors are fast ; and we cannot 
quickly unloose them ; nevoftheless, we will be prisoners 
unto you. therefore spare us. 

28 So the brave mariners of Columbia spared them, 
and stopped the destroying engines ; for their hearts 
were inclined to mercy. 

29 However, this was another bloody fight ; for 
tliere fell of the men of Britain forty that w^ere slain out- 
right, and seventeen were wounded. 

30 And the loss of Columbia in slain and maimed 
was about fourteen. 

31 And the commanders of both vessels were slain ; 
and they buried them with honor in the tov/n of Port- 
land, which leaveth Boston to the west ; for the battle 
was fought hard by. 

32 Moreover, the great Sanhedrim was pleased with 
ilie thing, and gave unto the nearest kinsman of Burrows 
a medal of gold, in token of remembrance thereof.* 



* Matliew L. Davis, of Neiv-York, a pAiiterj 
a patriot, and a philant ropist, on a tour in the eastern 
States, passing through Fortland and the burial place 
of Burroios (which was without a mcmorial,)heing 
pointed out to him, generously delayed his journey 
v.iitil, at his own expense, he had caused a monument 
I (J he erected over the grave of the valiant ; which 
bears the following incrription, equally creditable t&^ 
Lhe modest merit of Mr. Davis,'-to his head, and tn 



J 



KEADER, .\C9 



CHAP. XXXI. 

T/ie capture of the BritisliVlpct OH Laic EriCjhi/tJw 
America?! Fleet, under Com. Ferry, 



I"" 

_i_ HE Lord, in the plenitude of his wisdom and pow- 
er, ordaineth rJl thirifrs which come to pass: and the 
doi lip's. are lor the benefit ofirian, and for thes 2iory of 

2 For whei'c is the evil wh kh liaih not turned to an ad- 
vantage, and been a warithie. and swolbwed u^ftbe 'evil 
:hat miMit have come ? 



BENEATH THIS STONE 

]Moiil'iers 

THE BODY OF 

• IV ILLI A M li U RRO JFS, 
Late Commander of the 
UNITED STATES' RllIG EXTERFIIZE, 
^Vho was mortally wounded oa the ."th of Sf^^teriiber, 
1813, in an action, which contributed to increase 
the fame of Amencnn valour, by r;ipturhyjf his 
BRIT. MAJESTY'S BRIG IjOXf^I^, 
after a sevcT rouio^tof 45 minutr-3. 
.\ pa?sing stranger has erected t!}is monun-ieut of respe'jt 
to lite manes of a patriot, v.dio ir. iho hour of per;], 
^i>"yed tb.eloud summons of an injured countr\, and 
ho £'alknr]y met. fcagiit and coiiipiered the foenv^R 



ilO HISTORIC AL 

3 Now about this time tlie strong vessels of Cohiinbia 
tiiat moved upon the face of the blue waters of tlie great 
'ake Erie, were given in charge to Oliver, whose sir- 
name was Perry. 

4 And he was a piudent man, and had prepared him- 
self to meet the vessels of the king, even forty days before- 
hand. 

5 And the name, of of the captain of the fleet of Bri- . 
tain was Barclay, a man of great valor ; but he boasted 
and was vain of his fleet, for it was more powerful 
than the fleet of Columbia. 

6 Nevertheless, it came to pass, in the one thousand 
eight hundred and thirteenth year, on the tenth day of 
the ninth month, early in tlie morning, about the rising 
of the sun, 

7 Tife valiant Perry beheld the fleet of the king at a 
distance upon tlie lake ; so he unmoored his vessels 
and went out to meet them in battle array, fleet against 
:fleet. 

8 And when their white sails were spread upon the 
bosom of the lake, they appeared like unto a squadron of 
passing clouds. 

9 A gentle breeze wafted the hostile vessels towards 
one another. 

10 It was silence upon the waters; save when the 
sound of musical instruments fell sv/eetly upon tlie 
ear. 

11 But it happened, a little before the mid-day, that 
the shouts of the men of war of Britain were heard, and. 
the shouts of the men of, Columbia. 

12 And now the destroying engines began to utt^; 



READER. in 

their thunders vomiting forth fire and smoke and brim- 
stone in abundance. 

13 And suddenly the waters were in an uproar ; and 
the bellowing noises sounded along the lake. 

14 Moreover, the chief fo.'ce of the ships of the king 
was put against the vessel in which Perry was ; 

15 And the vessel was called the Lawrence, after a 
brave man, Avhose dying words waved upon her aloft : 

16 Now, behold, a thousand balls of iron skim the 
surface of the wafers, swift as shooting stars. 

17 But when the battle waxed hot, and Perry saw 
that the tackling of his vessel was shot away, and his men 
were slain and wounded with great slaughter, and his des- 
troying engines became silent, 

18 He put the charge of the vessel into the hands of 
one of his officer*, whose name was Yarnell, a trusty man « 

19 Then, with the starry banner of Columbia in his 
hand, did the gallant Perry leap into his cock-boat, while 
his brave mariners quickly conveyed him to another 
fighting vessel of the United States called the Niagara, 
commanded by a valiant man, whose name was Elliot. 

20 After this again the vessels uttered (heir thunders 
and fought hard, and the men of Columbia poured out 
destruction upon the servants of the king. 

21 And it came to pass, that the skilful contrivance of 
Perry, and the bravery of his men, at length forced the 
whole fleet of the king to become captive— even unto the 
cock-boats of Columbia. 

22 Thus again was the mighty lion Lumbled before 
the eaale : for six strong vessels of Britain were overcome 
at one time. 



irs HISTORICAL 

f5 And the slain and wounded of the king that day, 
was about an hundred thirty and five ; beside there were 
a thousand prisoners. 

24 The loss of the United States was twenty and se- 
ver, tliat were killed, and four score and ten were wound- 
ed. . 

25 Moreover, the number of the men of Britain made 
captive was more than all the men of Perry's squadron. 

26 Now Perry was a righteous man, and like the good 
Samaritan, took care of tli€ haU and maimed, and put 
skilful men to bind up their wounds; and the men of 
Britain blessed liim. 

27 Neither was he a man pulled up with vanity, even 
m the hour of victory ; 

28 For when he had conquered the fleet of Britain, 
he wrote to Jones,* one of the scribes of the great San- 
hedrim, with modesty, saying, 

29 To day it hath pleased the -Lord that ihe people of 
Columbia should triumph o\^r their enemies. 

30 At the sam.e time he Vvrote to Harrison, the chiti 
captain of the host of Colum])ia, whose army was at th« 
bay of Sandusky, saying, We have met the enemy, cmd 
they ar*^ ours ! 

3 1 'I hea did the ener.iies of Columbia weep ; and the 
gainsayer put on deep mourning. 

32 Moreover, the great Saahtdrjyn honored Perr}^ vviih 
great honor; and gave him med.iis, with devkes curiou!;" 
iy wrought. 

33 Likewise, the people ga',-^ him much silver plate^ 
ivith gravings thereon, mentioning his deeds. 

34 And the bye-stander might road bii? triun:^)h i?rH^^ 
L-ountrv's eyes. 



i 



READER. lis 

35 His sons sluiU hear him spoken of with pleasiii-e , 
and his name shall be mentioned in the song of the vir^i;is. 

36 Where, oh ! Bratain, are now thy mighty admi- 
rals ? where thy Nelson ? wl fv'c the transcendaut glory 
the}'^ gained for thee ? 

37 Alas ! it hath expired upon the waters of Erie be- 
fore the destroying engines of Perry ! 

* JK Jones f Secretary of tlie Navy. 



114 Historical 



CHAP. XXXII. 

Gapture of Maiden and Deiroii — tJie army of Gen, 
Proctor retreat ioioards the Moravian towns — Gen. 
Harrison jmrsues them. /, 



1%J 
J-^ OW when Perry had taken care of the captives, 

and the wounded, and set them upon the shore, 

2 He began to convey the army of Harrison from 
Fort Meigs and round about. 

3 And having gathered tliem together into his vessels, 
he brought them, and landed them nigh unto the strong 
hold of Maiden. 

4 And it came to pass, on the twentj^-ihird day of 
the same month, in winch Perry con.piered the fleet of 
Britain, 

5 That Harrison, the chief captain, began to march 
ihehost of Columbia against the strong hold of Maiden, 
and captured a tovv-n called Amherstburg, nigh there- 
unto. 

6 Now Proctor was the chief captain of the savage? 
and servants of the king. 

7 And when he saw the men of Columbia approach, 
he destroyed the fort, the tenls, and the store-houses 
of the king, and, with his v/holc ho^.t, fled swiftly 
towL'rds Sandwicli. 



READER. 115 

S And Hairison, and the host cf Columbia, followed 
hard after him. 

9 Now when the savages of the wilderness beheld 
the men of Britain flee befjrc the warriors of Columbia, 
their spirits sunk, and they were sore amazed.^- 

10 IMorcover, tliey upbraided tlie ser\iuits-of the kin'i, 
sayingj Lo ! ye have deceived iis, and led us from oar 
huTiting grounds, and we arc an hungered. 

11 J' or, verily, ye promised us ijread and wii]c,| ajid 
silver and gold ; yea, even that we should drink of the 
strong waters of Jamaica, if we would go out vv'ith you 
and fight the battles of tiie king, against the men of 
Columbia. 

12 Cut, behold ! now ye would run away and dea.*: 
us to fight alone. 

13 Whereupon niiny of t'leir tribes cast av/ay tiieir 
tomahawks, and refused to ilght under the banners ol 
the king. 

14 And when Harrison, came to Sandwich,. Proctov 
and his army had departed from tlie place, and fled to- 
wards the river Thames, near T-doravian Town. 

15 (Now the Thames emptieth its waters into the 
lake St. Clair, and the Moravian Towns lie upon tiie 
river, about an hundred miles from Maiden, tov/ards tht" 
north, in the province of Upper Canada.) 

16 Moreover, as they jour nied on, the brave rvl* Ar- 
thur crossed over with his band to the strong hold oi 
Detriit, and took it. 

* See Tecumseh's letter to Froctor. 

t At this time tJic British army tcere short qfsiippjie.'^. 



116 HISTORICAL 



17 But the savages and the men of Britain fcad de- 
stroyed those things which they could not carr}'^ away, 
and tied in haste. 

18 So INFArthuFj in ^/hom the chief captain put 
mucli faith, remained at Detroit in the charge thereof. 

19 And it came to pass, when Harrison saw that the 
host of Britain fled before him, he (iepaited from Sand- 
wich and wont after them 5 it being on the second day 
of tb.erext month. 

20 And his whole army followed after him, in all a- 
bout tlnee thousand brave men from the back-woods of 
the state of Kentucky and the pleasant villages of 
Ohio. 

21 Nov/ Harrison was a mighty man of valor, and no 
man could make him afraid ; and the captains and offi- 
cers t'iiil v.ore with hiip. v/crc all valiant num. 

22 -:*> ud. V, hen some of his captains said unto him, Lo ! 
there is a U ast to day : go thou and partake thereof, 
and reficsh lliyself, and we will watch ; 

23 lie a.r.s\yered and said unto them, Nay, shall I go 
ansl riot, uliilstthe warriors of Columbia lie on the fro- 
zen grriuiid ? 

24 No, their fate shall be my fate; and their glory 
shall l:e m}' glory. 

25 So be wrapped himself in his cloak, and lay down 
in his ow'i tent. 

2(3 And the husbandmen of Kentucky v^ere led on 
by their valiant governor, whose name was Shelby, 
and he was a man well stricken in years ; even at the 
age of tlirccscore did he go out against the enemies of Co 
lumbiaj and all the people rejoiced in him. 



Ri^ADEli. it? 

^7' And the gallant Ferry staid not behind ; but freely 
oflrere^'his stre'iafth, and was one of the right hand mea 
of Ilarrisoii, with whom he followed after the host oi 
oritrli^ 

28 Nevertheless, it h?^-*-:.--')-^-! that a band of the sa- 
vages strove to give n"ai -aiice io the army ■.>f Oahi-nbia; 

29 Bii* the men of Colnmijia let two of the destroying 
engines loose iipoa them; and they fled- inta the wilder'^ 
3ess like wild deer. 



•51 i 5 HISTORICAL 



CHAP, xxxiii. 

Baffle r^f He Thrnacs-'-Gni. ILnrirnii r-. 
!?/•/'".- .-■:■;' r:i:lr (In : 



.lH-ND it came to p- ' ^ ' -MV.e 

moiUJi, that Proctor, -•.. ; , ■ of 

tlic khiu, Ti^sted unor. ■:,' ;:'v;N'_^ . on die 

LanLs of the ri.er '1 haiiu^s^ 

2 Wli(?re 1:0 citcv," Isis army iipiii^tlie order of battle, 
after the fasliion of these days, n : cd him:>elf to 
meet thxi host of C oliimliia. 

3 NbVthe arnt}M)f Proctor was iiiigbty ; for he had 
a thousand horseme-i : but the number of the savages 
i\\a\ followed afler him are not known to this time ; how- 

V were many. 

4 .^riU they v. ere under the charge of ci. chief warrior, 
whom they called Tecnmsehj a savage whom the king 
had made a chief captain.* 

5 And it came to jiass, on the same day, in the latter 
part of the day, that the army of Harrison drew nigh 
dHio the place. 



* Brig, General 



READER. : : 

• "■"- ^v' called together bis capUii as of fillies J tj:cl 
, and encoarag-ed theiri, and oomniaiKkd 
■'.L to prepare thomselves lc>r the lights 
, And he put the iiost of Columbia in battle aii'.-\y 
against the host of }3ritain. arm}' against arr.rr, 

8 Now the sound of the trumpet, the cjmbalj um 
b mle-horn, and the noisy drum, echoed thrctrrrh* the 
;) wilderness. 

And the red savages appeared in the tltiv.. ; cru-:- 
the men of Britain, for they liad put them as ? ?^k'Jd^ 
i:'] the front of the battle. 

10 And they yelled with dreadful ydlhitr^. iv 
ed aloud the war-whoop, which was the signal 

11 But the army of Columbia rashecl 
with the fierceness of lions. 

12 And the weapons of war were u;:-ed wiwiOut ]ntj 
£.y } the fGxes and the beavers crept into their holes, 
the destroying en^liies frightened the wild beasts. 
that the}- looked for iherv hldisg plaoes. 

13 The gallant Johnson-^*^ fell upon thern wj ' 
band of chc:^en hcr^eirc!";, and he drove them bei. 
birn like chu ' \ and smote Cc'Ay c\>lei 
warrior,t and -i^vv i-.a wu'au,., ::-""^ ly.n.], ^ '■'• '- ].? 
fell to the earth. 

14 And the host of C-i ,1 the if* en of 
Britain on all sides, and over^....; , ^ -•^■^■^ • '-■'^--> 
prisoners of war j v/hereiiijon the 

their thunders^ 



^ichf lirrJit-hor-c. 



t Tc 



g20 , HISTOXUCAL 

15 Hovvbeit, Proctor escaped, on a swift i minima 
liorse, with a handful of his captains that were under 
iiim. 

16 Now the number of prisoners captured ^y the ar- 
my of Harrison that day were about six hundred. 

17 And the slain and wounded of the men of Britain 
were thirty and three; and the same PiUmber of savages 
were slain. 

18 Of the army of Columbia seven v/ere slain and 
two score and two were wounded. 

19 But the men of Kentucky and Ohio, whose sons 
and brothers and fathers had been inhumanly slaughter- 
ed at the River Raisin, slew not a single captive. 

20 But they treated them as men ; thus rendering 
GOOD F051 EVIL, according to the word of the Lord. 

21 Moreover, they captured six of the destroying eB-= 
gines t!;at were made of brass, and tv/o that were nigd6 
of iron ; besides many w:eapons of war. 

22 Now tliree of the brass engines were those given 
to the men of Britain, at the capture of Detroit, the first 
year of the war^ and were the same that had been taken 
from the kh^g in tlie days of Washington. 

23 Soon after the battle, Harrison returned with his 
army to Detroit, where many of the savages had asscm- 
i'led, to repent of thch evils, and ask for mercy from the 
chief captaiii. 

24 So liarrison made a rorei^ant with ihrm, and 
they were thanklu], and c.-s ' -i;^ [k>:.:'K;o:', 

25 Now thcra v:"ri^ '/ie:i!, 1 j:;iu';t;s l-i : ' 
folambi;!, and.t!H' bc;::-;:^ of tb- peo:>le wer^: '. -.. 

- -d. 



READER. 12: 

^6 So that when the nev/s thereof reached them 
they drank wine ; and \vhe;i the evenuiiF ca.'ne they 
lighted tiieir caudles, and put them in candlesticks of 
silver and candlesticks of gold, and placed them in the 
windows of their houses. 

27 And there weie many thousands of them ; and the 
light thereof was as tiiough the stars had fallen from 
heaven. 

28 This did they throughout the land of Columbia^ 
from the district of Maine, in the east, to the state of 
Georgia, in the south. 

29 Andj when the Prince Reyent, and the chief 
counsellors, and the wise men of Britain, heard the ti- 
dings, for a truth, that their lleet and their army were 
captured, tiiey were astonished beyond measure. 

30 They looked at one another like men who had 
lost their wiis : they were silent, .and their tongues 
clave to the roof of tlieir mouths. 

31 Their knees smote one against another, for the 
strength oi Britain was shaken j her valiant warriors 
had hist their honour ;* and her glory was outshone. 

32 iS'ow there was great honour and praise bestowed 
upon Harrison for his courage, and his valiant acts j and 
the peop'le r-emembered his name witii pleasure. 

33 rilureover, he- gave great praise to ^dalby, the 
governor, and ferry, aud Johnson, and all the brave 
■m^w that w€re with him. 



* DouUy lost it: bif water and by land ^ 'bu being 
donquei-ed^ and by being cruel. 



-12t HISTORICAL 

S4 And in the same mouitb, when the object of the 
army was fulfilled, the husbandmen of_Columbia retura- 
ed every man to his own Iioiise. 

25 -'ut Harrison and Perry, and the band of war- 
s^iorsof the great Sanhedrim, went into their vessels. 

36 And they moved from Detroit, and came in the 
ships of Perry, to Buffaloe, nigh unto the river Niaga- 
ra, to meet Wilkinson, who came from the south, 
and was appoioted chi^f captain ©f the arm^ of tii® 
centre- 



HEADER, 



CtL\P. XXXIV,. 

Jfar tvith the Creek Nation of Indians- — mdssacreMr 
Fort Miinms — Georgia and Tennessee militia-, under 
(3e?ieral Jackson reialiaie. 



N< 



OW it came to pass, while these things were goi^ 
on in the north, and the repentant savages laid the^* 
murderous weapons at the feei of }1arrisoiij 

2 That the servants of the king were stirnRg up the 
spirit of Satan in the savages of the wilderness of the 
south : 

3 And placing the destroying engines into tlieir hands 
that they might shed the blood of the people of Colum- 
lt>ia. 

4 Now these southern barbarians were called the 
Creek nation of Indians* 

5 Moreover, they were a nation of savages that 
'dwelt in the back-woods and the wilderness round about 
the states of Georgia, Tennessee, and the Mississippi 
Territory. 

6 So, about this time, they took their weapons of 
death in their, hands and went against tl;e strong hold 
Jif Fort Mimmsj which Ueth on a branch of the rivcsr 



124 HISTORICAL 

Mobile, that cmptieth its waters into tlie great Gulf 
of Mexico. 

7 And tliey captured the place j and with the fury of 
demons they murdered, with the tomahawk, the men, 
the women, and the infants ihat were in and about the 
•fort, sparing iieithor a.je nor sex ; and slaying the prison- 
ers that begged for mercy. 

8 And the number of the people of Columbia that 
were massacred and burnt alive in their houses, that day, 
was about four hundred ; hovyever, there were an hua- 
drtd savages slain. 

9 For it Was a sore fjglit ; and Beasly, who command- 
■ed tiie fort, fought hard against them j howbeit, he was 
slain. 

10 But it came to pass, in the same year, that the 
people of Columbia were revenged of the evil j 

I i Andrew, whose sir-name was Jackson, a man of 
courage and valor, was chief captain in llie south ; 

12 And he seut out one of his brave captains, 
whose name was Coffee, with a st; oiig band ; even nine 
hundred mighty hoisemea : 

13 Now these were the valiant husbandmen of Geor 
^ia and the back woods of i'.-nnessee ; their iiorses were 
^eet as the roe-buck j their wea})ons of war were certain 
death. 

14 So they went it>rth against a town of the savages 
called Tallushatclies, on the second day of the eleventh 

15 And on the next day they encompassed the town 
round about ^ and the savages prepared themselves for 
battle. 



liEADER. 1^. 

iGyVboutthe rising of the sun they sounded tiieif 
drums, and began their horrible yellings. 
■- 17 But they frightened not the hearts of th-3 brave 
men of Tennessee. 

18 So when Coffee had stationed his captains and his 
men of war about the town^ in the order of battle, the 

whole army shouted aloud ; 

19 And the instruments of destruction were let loose 
^pon tliem en all ^;ide3 j imd they foughi with all tiieii 

migiit. 

20 Bat the men of Columbia rushed upon them, and 
subdued them, and made about four score women and 
children captive, 

21 And slew about two hundi-ed of their warriors j 
leaving not a man to tell the tidings. 

22 For, lo ! when the savages of the wilderness com- 
-mit great evils and transgressions against the people of 

Columbia, 

23 The great Sanhedrim oflhe people send out migh» 
ty armies against them, that are able to overthrow them, 
and make their towns a desolation, and lay waste their 
habitations. 

24 Now the loss of the army of Columbia tliat day^ 
was five slain and about forty wounded. 

25 And Jackson, the chief captain, gave great praise 
to Coffee, and ail the valiant men that fought that day. 

26 On the next day after the battle, the army of Cku 
^nmbiareturneij to their camp, at a place called the Tvn- 
Jslands= 



KiSTORIOM,, 



CHAP, xxxy 



'jfaiuuation of the War ^r-'-- ■" ■■' 
son's great victory ovv: 
e trcati; ' dedwltii ikcm. 



-1-^ OTWITHSTANDIXG tlieir Jldcui./ ■■• '^ ^ 

iia-lonof the Creeks were still bent on wan i 

the people of Cohimbla. 

2 And they cojnniitled maiiy oiilreg-cs upon the hi- 
hablt'ijits of tlie states roundabout. 

3 B'U j< ^'j on the seventh day of the 
same moiUii, i,;... _. ^p' ^'"■ 
chief cnplriin. and sr 

4 Lo ! :• 



- *■-< "^ M-ksooy the 



ri;^!, who, we'e cr\)!cd vohint.. 
f'olic'i A ■ , '^ 
them ac-aist 'iiie savages. 
6 Nn;rtbe m-n of war th? 



Al:-vcd nf\- 



\ ja bailie an a v. 



RKADER. 



^ Ana ;;ie?a^ 



son. ■. 

si:;;.!;';' :"•, • 



tO!'!; t;:e tow^ ■„ ;• , 

SC( : '■ » i' I'm^ '•n \ , : ■ 

sccr/ and ten ■ 

1') About 'A ^ , 

^•v\'-(5se naine was l-'loyd, \vb' 
gain>t the towns of Autossce anu iaL 
the banks of the river TaHapoovie. 

1, .*. nd FiO}"''] v»-eRt a2;ainst them ^ nd 

trl'im^hed ovor them and killed about i\\o luuinred of 
tiiem- and burned their towns with fire, and slev/ the 
king- of Autossee, and the Iving of Taliisee, who weie '^ 
kings of two tribes. 



*vy HISTORICAL 

1 :^ rj neovpr, on iiie tl'iricenth ciay of the next moinhj 
CluJbonie, u pcneriir;;, ,;nd a man ofvaloi, Vst/iit c^gc>inst 

d. •' r ^^ '■ . ■; ■; ;-ivoi- /aabama. 

•y iproua'h tl-r \vil(!t;r- 
iiesi iii.j;i' ti::i!i ai; h, ..>>. n^ j l.^vi! bi;Jh oi on a 

pbc^' r.:Uc.l '>y lie ^^-...m.^ iiic Ijcly-Groiiiitl; where 



'\%':"-' 



]i!.i) a ^i.;l 



.■Ul. nniong ihe children 
; iiecoidlng to their owa 

]'')7;Mnuk:rstan('in«^ believed iheixiy 
wberebv ilieir wLolc tiibe 



_ _ . ; , ^^:■f wniTior of the Creek 

■ . : . V. -i'.v:^iv ::i.o ^aid^ bL' band. 

t Claiborne ; but he 
' lawn was burnt, e- 
•. :n cvi't) bandreu houseri. 

Jb 'd;t ' ' ^ " vr all tb'^se tribulations, the depre- 
^ b' s:^ (bb , oi'tiie south were not stayed. 

bb bo J;'cb:soii, ibe cbbicf captain, went out against 

■: b ': ; ■ ; rked tlieni at their Strong 

: ; .:r;poo.>ie, where they were 

b '.vith more than a tliousand warriors. 

~ ; :\'i\v tins \v3s OH thc twcnty and seventh day of 

ibe b;iird month, in the one thousand eight hundred and 

foartee^ilh year of ihe christian era. 

2T And J:ckson set his destroying engines to work^ 
and fought desperately against them, for about the space 



irf Hre hours; when Jae overcame them^ so that only^ 
about a score escaped. 

28 Seven hundred and fifty of tlie savage \\'cirriors- 
were found slain in battle ; and two hundred two score 
and ten women and children became captives to the 
army of Columbia., . 

29 Mana'iioec^ their chief prophet, was smitten, la 
the mouth, and slain, and two other false prophets, 
were slain with him* 

30 JMoreover, about the first day of tlie sixth month^. 
» brave man, whose name Avas Pearson, witli the hus- 
bandmen of the states of North and South Carolina,., 
wentagainsttiiem along the borders of the Ale^bama, and 
eaptured about six hundred of them ; . 

31 Thus did the men of Columbia triumph ove^ 
them, and conquer them, even to the seventh tiuie. 

32 And so the judgment of the Lord fell upon them 
for their unrigliteousness, and for their wicked and mur-- 
tierous deeds^ 

33 After which they repented of their evil, having^ 
through their own folly, lost many thousand warriors. 

34 And their chief warriors gave up their instru- 
ments of destruction, and laid them at the feet of 
Jackson, the chief captain. 

(| 35 Even Wetheribrd, the chief v/arrior, gave him- 
self up to Jackson, saying, I fought <\'ith my mij;ht 3 but. 
I have brought evil, upsn my nation ; and tnon hast 
slain my warriors ; and I myself am overcome 

36 Now the savages are easily iniiameci ana ruusea't«>> 
works of sin and death ; and of their weakness the ser= 
vants of the king are not ashamed to take advaB- 



im LATE 

Cage ; even to the ruin of the poof and ignorant hm- 
barians. 

37 So the warriors and the whole nation of the 
Creeksj being tired of a destniclive war, entreated the 
nien of Cckimbia for peace, saying unto Jackson, 

38 Lo ! now are our eyes opened to our own profit | 
BOW will we make peace with yoii. 

39 And if ye will no more suffer the fire, and the 
sword, and the destroying engines to spread desolatien 
amongst us, 

40 Then will we make a covenant with you, and give 
you for an inheritance a great part of the land which 
our fathers inherited before us. 

41 4nd the iength and the breadth thereof shall be 
about as large as the whole island of Britain, whose 
men of w ar have led us into this snare. 

42 For although the king, who calleth himself our fa- 
ther, across the great waters, did put the instruments of 
death into our hands, and givews the black dust in abun- 
dance ; nevertheles!*, he deceived us ; and in the hour of 
^ang^r his servants left, us to take care of ourselves. 

43 So Jackson made a covenant with them; and it 
was signed by the chiefs of their nation. 

44 And after it had been examined by the wise men 
and the great Sanhedrim of the people, it was ratified 
and signed with the hand -writing of James, the chief 
governor of the land of Columbivi. 



WMx. 121 



, CHAP. XXXVi. 

IPlan of atiack on Montreal defetiii'd. 



T, 



HE frailty of man speaketh volumes ; one man ac- 
cuseth another ; but where is he who is perfect ? 

2 Man deviseth mighty plans in his own mind, but 
he accomplisheth them not. 

S He is wise in his own conceit, but his wisdom 
faileth him : he seeth folly in others, but perceiveth not 
liis own ; he is as a reed shaken with the wind. 

4 Now the country of Columbia was assailed on every 
sid« by the enemies of freedom. 

5 And in the hope that the war might speedily cease^ 
and an end be m.ade of the shedding of blood, the great 
Sanhedrim of the people v/ished to push their armies 
into the heart of the provinces of the king, even to 
Montreal. 

6 So th^v pitched upon certain chief captains, who 
were well skilled in the arts of warfare : and AVilliinson 
and Hampton were the names of the ceptains ; 

7 And Brown, and Boyd, and Covington, and Swift, 
aad Coles, and Purdy,- and Ripley, and Swartv/out, 
and Fraser, and man}' others, v/eie valiant captains un- 
der them. 

8 Not m.an}' days after Harrison returned f' om his 
; tiiumph ever Proctor's army j and iu the same year^ 



'ic^^ 'LATL 

it caaieto pass, that Wilkinson conveyed his anny from 
Fort George and the country of Niagara, to Sackctl'i. 
Harbor, at the east end of lake Ontario ; leaving Har- 
rison and M'Clure behind, at the strong hold of Fort 
George. 

9 From Sackett''s Harbor Ai'^ilkinsen moved to a 
place called Grenadier Island; and in the first week of 
llie eleventh month he arrived at Ogdensburgh, in order 
to go against the strong hold of Montreal. 

10 Now the army 6f Hampton rested nigh unto lake 
Cham plain ; and about the same time he moved towards 
^he borders of the king. 

11 And Wilkinson sent a messenger to him, and en- 
treated him to come and -meet him, and join the two ai:- 
mies at the village of St. Regis. 

12 The same night Wilkinson with his army crossed 
the great river St. Lawrence, near by the strong hold 
of Prescot, which lieth in the dominions of the king. . 

13 And he moved down with about six thousand men 
towards the hold of Montreal, until he came to a place, 
called Crystler's Farms, nigh unto Williamsburgh. 

14 Now, at this place^ on the eleventh day of the 
eleventh month, a strong band of the men of war of 
Britain, from Kingston and round about, fell upon his 
army in the rear, and annoyed them greatly. 

15 At length, on the same day, a part of the army 
of Columbia turned about, and fought against them and 
drove them back ; however it was a sore fight. 

16 Wilkinson, the chief captain, who went before- 
Xht host of Columbia, had been sick muny days^ and 
^7as unable to go forth against them hiingelf^ 



WAH. 133 

17 So lie sent some of his brave captains, even 
Boyd, and Swartwout, and Covington; and the en- 
gines of destruction were set to work witli great noise 
and fury; and the valiant Covington was. wounded unto 
death. 

18 Moreover, the loss of the men of Columbia that 
day was an hundred slain, and two hundred two score 
and ten wounded, and tlie loss of the king was about an 
hundred four score and one. 

19 After this battle the army of Wilkinson moved 
along the St. Lawrence until they came to Baniheart^s, 
near Cornwall, where they met the vahant Brown. 

20 Now this place lieth en the north side of the river, 
and on the other side lieth St. Regis, where V/ilkiuson, 
the chief captain, expected to lie joined by the army of 
Hampton, from Champlain. 

21 Bat in this he was disappointed ; for, lo ! Hamp- 
t<»nsent one of his captains, whose name vvas Atkinson, 
to Wilkinson, with the tidings that he had declined t© 
meet him, nnd was returnin"- to his camp on tli^ lake. 

22 Now when the army of Wilkinson heard those 
ihino-s, they were discowra^red; and all the plans tha.t 
had been devised by Armstrong,* thp chi^f ca itain, 
and scribe of the o^reat Sanhedrim, were of no avail. 

23 So the army of Wilkinson crossed the river ii-rmii 
and ca^iie into the land of Columbia, at French Mills, 
near St. Regis; where they went into winter qnar- 
ters. 



^ Gen. Armstrong, S^rrctari/ at JFar. 

^M 2 



vlS4 LATE 

24 And the men of Columbia, even the great Sanhe- 
.«!rim, were disap|>oiuted iii their expccations. 

25 rvioreover, liampron received much hhmie in the 
tiling- ; and he was even taxed with the crime of drink 
ing too freely of the strong waters. 

26 ,''ut the imaginary evils v/' ich the children of men 
commit are oftentimes graven in brass, whilst their actual 
good deeds. are written in sand. 

27 Neither shall it be foigottea here, that, when the 
-shivering soldiers of Columbia were suffering with coH 
in the north, 

28 The lovely and patriotic daughters of Columbia^ 
West with tenderness, remembered them, and sent them 
coverings for their hands and their feet : 

29 Even fwm the fleece of their fathers' flocks, they 
wrought them with their own hands, and distributed 
them with a good heart. 

30 And, for their kindness and humanity, the pooif 
soldier blessed them, and their virtues were extolled by 
tlhe men of Columbia throughout the land. 



WAT. 



i-i« 



CHAP. XXXVIT. 

Hewark burnt — Fort George evacuated — Niagara 
frontier laid waste — Buffaloe burnt. 



%. 



.N the meantime, however, the strong vessels of 
Chauncey went out and brought Harrison, and tlie 
remnant of his army, from Fort George to Sackett'^ 
Harbor, to protect the place. 

2 But they left M'Clure behind, with the men under 
him ; being for the most part husbandmen, called militiaj 
and volunteers. 

3 And they were eager to be led on to the battle ; 
but the term for which their sei'vices were engaged hav- 
ing expired, they returned every man to his own house. 

4 S« M'CIure, the chief captain of the fort, called a 
council of his officers, and they agreed to depait'to the 
strong hold of Niagara.. 

5 And they took their destroying engines and the 
black dust, and the bread and meat of the army, and 
carried them across the river. 

6 Likewise they put a lighted match to the black 
dust in the tort, and it was rent asunder with a great 

*iiidse, as it were of thunder and <in earthquake. 



156 LATE 

7 iMoreovcr, they burnl the town of Newark, before 
they departed, which happened G$i the tenth day of the 
twelllh month. 

8 Howbeit^ they gave the inhabitants time to save 
themselves, bt fere they put the burning torch to their 
ttwelhngs ; nevertheless, it was an evil thing, and pleased 
not the people of Columbia. 

9 1 he men of Columbia were not cruel, and they 
put none of the inhabitants of the town to the sword. 

10 After this, it came to pass, on the nineteenth 
ilay of the same month, eailyinthe morning, before the 
clawnin? of the day, about fifteen hundred of the savages 
and soldiers of tlie king crossed the river, and went a* 
gainst Niagara. 

1 1 And thev fell unawares upon the men of.Columbia* 
xvhile they vv^eie yet cislee}) in tiieir tents ; and overcanir, 
them, and took tlse fort, and put the garrison to the 
sword ; even the women and children suffered und^r the 
savage tomahawk. 

12 Now the people of Columbia, who were massacred 
•that day, were about two-hundred two score and ten. 

13 Cut the captain of the hold, whose name was 
Leonard, was charged v/ith the evil ; for he had left 
the fort, and neglected that duty which should e^ er be 
the pride of a soldier. 

14 Nevertheless, when they had committed all this 
horrid sla^ighter, the barbarians were not fully glutted 
with m.urder ; 

lo So they went against the little villages of Lewis- 
town, Manchester, Youngsto\^m, and Tuscarora, and 
burnt them with fire, aid slow the poor and helpie>;s 
that dwelt round about the place. 



WAR. iS7 

10 After which, at the close of the year, they- wrnt 
ii.L'^ymst the beautiful vilkge of BulTaJoe, and burnt i: 
dl*o y aad made it a ruin aud a desolatien. 



338 LATE 



CHAP. XXXVDL 

Cf^uise of the U. S. frigate Essex^ J). Porter com- 
mander — -her defence and capturny at Vulixaaim, 



N< 



OW whilst the great lakes and rivers were bound 
in fetters of ice, and the arms of Columbia slumbered in 
the winter camps of the north ; 

2 And whilst the conquering sword of Jackson 
spread ruin and desolation among the misguided savages 
of the south ; 

3 Lo ! new scenes of warfare appeared upon the wa- 
ters of the great deep. 

4 Tn the first year of the war David, whose sir- 
name v/as Porter, sailed from the shores of Columbia 
tov/ards the south, that he might capture the vessels of 
the men of Britain. 

5 And the ship which he commanded was one of 
tlie strong vcsocls of Columbia, called tke Essex. 

6 ^>ow David was a valiant man, and he had con- 
trived a plan to annoy the commerce of Britain in the 
waters pf the great Pacific Ocean. 

7 So, in process of time, he passed around, the fur- 
thermost part of the land of Columbia, whidi is called 
Cape Horn, and lieth far to the south ; near the country 
of Patagonia, which is inhabited by the barbariansj ar.d. 
sailed towards the haven of V alparaiso. 



WAR. 139 

From whence, leaving Chili t& the south, he mov- 
ed along the coast of Peru, till he came to Lima, where 
it never rains : 

9 A country where gold and silver ar%; found in 
abundance, and where there is one continual summer^ 
and the trees blossom throughout the year. 

10 Again, '.e prepared his vessels, and sailed from 
Lima towards the north, until he fell upon the islands of 
Gallapagos ; called the enchanted islands. 

1 1 Now these islands lie upon the west side of the 
great continent of Columbia, .under a meridian sun, be« 
ncath the girdle of the world. 

12 Hereabouts he captured a multitude of the mer- 
chant ships of Britain, laden with rich merchandize, and 
silver a»d gold. 

13 And he fixed a score of the destroying engines 
into one of the ships he had taken; and made her a 
fighting vessel, and called her name Essex Junior, and 
a man, whose name was Downs, he made captain 
thereof. 

14 And he fell upon the fishermen of Britain, and 
captured those who went out to catch the mighty 
whales, which afibrd oil to give us light in the night 
time, and bones to shade our daughters from the scorch- 
ing sun of the noon-day. 

15 Moreover, David went to an island where dwelt 
wild savages, and established himself, so that he could 

j go out and return whensoever he chose. 

16 Akd when he departed from the island, which he 
called after the chief governor of the land of Columbia 



,40- LATE 

in ^osd chys,* he left some of his men, with the we^pom^ 
©f war to defend the place. 

17 Now David was a grievous thorn m the side of.' 
Britain, and h« almost destroyed her whole commerce 

in the South Seas : , M„„f«, 

18 Inasmuch as he put the wise men of the king to 
their wits end; for they were unable to out-sail him 
£ik1 take him captive. 

19 So they sent their strong ships in search ol him, 
by two's, over th^ whole tace of the waters of the 
South^^rn Ocean ; and the expense thereof would have 
made more than two feasts for the Prince l^egent, who 
rrnxemed En;;land in the name of his father. 

* 20 However, it came to pa.s that David returned 
acraln in his ship to the haven of Valparaiso ; and the 
vessel, called the Essex Junior, accompanied him. 

\l Now Downs, who commanded her, had been ta 
the place before, and conducted the pri.esof David there, 
and brought hhn the tidings that he was likely to be cn^ 

snared upon the waters. 

9o So whil-rt David wr,s there, on the twrnty-ei-hth 
day of the third m<mth, in the eighteen hundred and 
Iburteenth v^^ar af the Chrisrian era, 

.>3 Fe looked around, and behold! he saw two of tne 
stron'^shiis of Britain approaching, l^)r the purpose of 
hemming him hi; the one called the Pha:.be, and the 

other tb.e Cherub, . , 

9 1 r^-t his heart sank not widiin him, for iie knew 
no^owi^dice^ but, with the wisdom of a brave man, 



* Madison Island 



READER. t^ 145 

«(' 8r-i>>vo lu escape, as the vessels were too powerful for 
hi ill. 

25 Cut the winds were adverse, and blew hard, and 
jr!T vented tiie tacklings of his ship from taking effect ; 

26 Nevertheless, David said unto the captains of 
the king-, Come slnglj', and not like cowards, upca* 

me ; tlien shall ye receive the thunders of the freemea 
of Columbia abundantly, f 

2f And her fame shall not suffer^ although in the cort- 
test > e may destroy my vessel upon the face of tlie wa- 
ters. 

2S But Hilly ar. tlie captain of the king's ship colledt' 
ijie Piui^bp, was aiVfiid lest he shouiu be overcome. 

29 Now, when David found he was unable to make 
'good his escajie^ he drew nigh the land, that he might 
be protected by the great iaw of nations 5 for it was a- 
place friendly to both parlies. 

.SO But in this lie was deceived; for the authorities 
Of Spaj'i trembled at tlie nod of the servants of Britain^ 
in wl lO 111 tb_ ere was no faith. 

'Ji So bocii vessels came uni^n hini; hke i-aveiious^ 
wolves, in the very havci, of Valparaiso; thus tians-- 
gressing tlie la\v of nations, and committing an outrage^^ 
which hath ^^w examples under the sun. 

S2f And they set iheir engines to work upon the Esh* 
sex with all their might. 

3S Nevertheless, David fouglit against them witL 
desperation, for there was no hope kft lor him to es- 
cape ; neither did he expect mercy. 

34 And lie held out for more than the space of two- 
hours, v/hen he became overpov/ered ; having his ship 
-a sinking Avreck, covered with blood, and on fire ; wltip 



15-, 

.7. ,^^ fllSTORlCAL 

about an hundred and fifty of his men slahi and m'dnn 
ed : -^ 

35 So, after David had fought hard, he became cap- 
tive to the* ships of the king; who had also some of ^ 
their men slain, and some wounded. 

3(3 Moreover, Hillyar gave him praise and called 
him a man of courage ; for he fought against two strong 
ships of Britain. 

37" And Davitl made a covenant' with Ilillyar, in 
which the Essex Junior was given unto him and his 
iden, that they might return in iier again to their own 
country. 

38 And it came to pass, in the sevettth month of 
ihe same year of the battle, David arrived in the city 
of New-York; having been absent about two years. 

39 Now when the people of Columbia beheld the 
valiant Porter, they v. ere rejoiced with exceeding great 

oy ; inasmuch as they unharnessed t]ie horses from be- 
Aipre his chariot, and drew him throuo-h the city. 

40 And they made a sumptuous, feast far him, and 
inviUc; a mullitade of guests ; and spent the day in glad- 
i#^ss r.rvl mirtlK 



•READER. " ^ 



CHAP. XXXIX, 

i'l'idii. (.'J the V. S. sloop of war Frolic^ hn ihe Bi'i- 
fkh frigate Orpheus — •capture of the British sh>op 
of war U Epervier,hy the Peacock^ Capt. Jf'^^.'rrin^'' 
ion — capture of the Reindeer ^ by the J fas-), CapL 
Blakely — the Avon captured and sunk — U. S. ves- 
sels Syren and Rattlesnake captured — Ainiiral 
Cochrane declares the whole Atnerican coast in a 
state of blockade' 



N 



OW it happened on the twenty-first day of the 
fourth month of the eighteen hundred and fourteenth 
^eai'j that one of the bt;roag ships of the king, called th^ 
Orpheus ; 

2 Being upon the waters of the great deep, fell in with 
a small vessel of the United States, called the FroHc, 
and made capture thereof. 

2> However, in the same month, not many days after- 
wards, a fighting vessel of Colimibia, called the Peacock, 
commanded by the brave Warrington, met one of the 
vessels of the king. 

4 Now they were about equal in force; and the 
name of the vessel of Britain was called L'Epervier 
and the captain's name was Wales. 

5 And they sat the engines of destruction to work^ 
itid fought with great fury for the s^iace of fortyxr-i antes ; 



'J4^ iirSTOKICAL 

6 A¥hen the mariners of Columbia oveleatoe the 
^servants of llie king, and the vessel of Britain struck 
her red- cross to the ship of Warrington. 

7 And there were slain and wounded of the servants 
of the king about twenty and three ; but there wefe 
none slain of the people of Columbia. 

8 I>Ioreover, Warrington gat about an hundred 
and twenty thousand pieces of silver^ that were iu th^ 
vessel. 

9 And he received great praise throughout tlie laud 
for this gallant exploit. x, 

10 And the great Sanhedrim thanked him and gav ■ 
iiim a medal of gold. 

11 Likewise, the people of Savannah, a chief town 
in the state of Georgia, being a thousand miles to the 
^outh of Nev/-York, holiored him greatly. 

.12 For he had brought both vessels into their portj 
*and there were much rejoicings ; a»d a rich feast was 
prepared for him by the people. 

13 Moreover, it came to pas's, on the twenty-eightfe 
«Say of the sixth month, that^oneof the fighting ships 
&( Columbia, called the Wasp, met a vessel of the king, 
upon the ocean, called the Reindeer j after one of thf 
v,. ift running animals oi Columbia. 

14 Now the Wasp was commanded by a man 0/ 
.01,1 rage, whose name was Biakely. 

L5 And a dreadful battle began j and the mischievwfs 
balls of destruction showered around with tremendous 
lioise. 

16 Nevertheless, Biakely ran down upon the Rei4i- 
"deer, and in about twenty minutes he captured licr. 

17 But her captain was slain, and she wa5 as^ 



READER. j4^ 

.^/erea wreck upon the waters- so Buu.eiy destroyed 
her. 

^ 18 The loss of the king, m .killed and wounded 
that day, was about seventy and five ; and five of the 
ffien of Columbia were slahi, and about a score niaiii^-' 
ed. 

19 And the friends of the great Sanhedrim were 
"pleased with the valiant acts of Blakely. 

20 Moreover, on the twenty-seventh day of the 
eiglith month, the Wasp captured another siiip of the 
kinr, called the Avon, and sunk her to the bottom of 
' -1' great deep. 

21 And the slain and wounded .of the Avon, wa^ 
wo score and two. 

22^ liowbeit, about the same time, the Syren and 
•::^ Kcu:;-: - ike* fell into the hands of the kinc! 

23 Ahont this lime, the whole land of Columbia was 
udered to be hemmed in by ( ochrane, a servant of 
;ke king, and a cliief capiaiji of the navy of Britain. ' 

j:4 But all their blockades were of no avail; ibr thf 
men of Colombia escaped and outwitted t';em. 



U. S. .schooner and br.n. abviit 14 gwu c^. 



m nisTOPJCAL 



CHAP. XL. 

Breaking up of the cantonment at French MiJh — ^ 
ajfair at La-Cole-Mill — Major Applh'[(- .-vproref^ 
two hundred BrJfisd serf men — Gew. llrmvii cupturf- 
Fort Eric — battle of CkippaiDa plains. 



OW it came to pass, in the second month of the 
same year in which David gai Lome to the United 
States, 

2 That the armies of the north be^an to be in motion, 
and departed from the place called French Mills, 
where they were encamped. 

3 And a part thereof moved towards Plattsbara ji, on 
lake Champlain ; and wis coriiinandc! !)y a brave n)an, 
whose name was Mac >. b, and Wilkinson, the chief 
captain, follewed after them. 

4 Bat the other part of the host, cnmmaiided by 
Jacob, whose sir-name was Brown, went to Sackett^s 
Harbor; and from thence against tha stroitg hold of 
Niagara. _ ^ 

5 And it was so, that wlien Wilkinson heard that 
Jacob had gone against Niagara; he marshalled out 
his forc:', aaJ ^we'^': agiinst a p'lape in the province of 
the king, called La i:v>le-Mill, to take it. 

6 Nevertheless,^ he failed, and lost many men; after 
which tiie command of the army was given to a chief 
captain, whose name was Izard. 



RKADER. 147 

7 In tho meanwhiio mu-.ij c-T tlio evils of v.arf:!? 
were committed on and about the waters oi" (r.it:.!' 
and tlie great lake Erie. 

8 \nd a gallant captain, wliose name Avas Applirin-,* 
took about two hundred of t'ae m iriners of the royal 
navy of Brltaiii, at a p! i;e calleil Sandy-Creek, by 
the waters of lake Ontario: bein*^ in the same mo..;h 
that the strong hold of Oswego was taken by the men 
of Britain. 

9 Now on the third day of the seventh month, it 
came to pass, that Jacob, the chief captain of tl?e lio::^ 
of Col:mibia, on the borders of the river Niagara, 

10 Having prepared his men be 'i.r. 'i v.il. cr^js- ■ 
the river and captured fort Erie, and an hasidred tliirty 
and seven of the soldiers of the kiug, and some of the 
destroying engines ; 

11 And the next day being the anniversary of the 
iQdependence of Col'imbla. aft^r having left some of 
the men of war to defend the place, 

12 He moved with his host towards the plains of 
Chippaw I, where theyr ested for the night. 

13 On the next day Jacob. assembled his capiai?,s of 
fifties, ae.d liis captains of hundreds, and spake unto 
them, savinnj^ 

14 L) the army of the king are mighty men of 
valor, and their numbers are great, even those who 
fouglit in Spain, under the banners of V/elling- 



Mujor Appling. 



i43 umi-omcAh 

^o!5,* the cliicf warrior of Britain; and Ttiall, -liie 
i-liLl" c:i')taiii of the host, is a man of gi'eat experi- 
ence : 

15 Nevertheless, be not disheartened; but let us bc- 
-7r?.v(^ tliDt '.ve be not ensnared. 

1'.] 'o :i? pi-Oirired his army to go against the host 
cf ''n'-iia, in battle array; and the soldiers of Colum- 
|:'ia shouted for ihe battle. 

17 Now the u'-iny of Britain rested upon the plains 
of Chippa.va^ aiid \vere ready to meet the army of Co- 
lumbia; they shouted aloud, and intiamed their blood 
"ivith the strong waters of Jamaica. 

18 And tbey put fire to tlie black diist-of the ,de- 
.?troying engiiies ; and a great noise issued h'om the 
jmouths thereof. 

19 i^ioreover, they vomited fire and smoke ai"yi 
bfimstO'ie incessantly, and with the movements of the 
a? .mies the dust of the earth arose and overshadowed 
the field ol slaughter. 

20 And the heavy balls of h'on whistled about thep 
in abundance. 

21 However, the skill of Jacob, and his brave cap- 
,talns, became manifest, and they drove the host of Bri- 
tain before them, 

22 And compelled them to ^ee to their strong en- 
..trenrhments at Fort George and Fort Niagara. 

23 And the field of battle was cevered with the slaifi 
. and the maimed ; even eight hundred men. 

- 24 And the slain and wounded of the servants of the 
king were about five hundred. 



Lord WQllingtou. 



KEADER. ,^ 

^."> "So iTacob and bis army oat preat praise, and -gb' 
j Oie warriors of Columbia that fought that cb v ; 

26 Amongst whom were the voluiiteers of tbe 
states of New- York and Pennsylvania, who were Ig^ 
^n by the gallant Porter.* 

' sr And Ripley was there, and the bi'ave Scott, wl:ic 
mem put and fought ia the heat of the battle. 



G€m. Fsirier, it//%^ mid Scoit 



.-t '<><) HlSTORlCAt . 

CHAP. XLI. 
/y^lile of Brklgewaier 



OV/ about this time tliere-was peace among the 
strong powers of Europe ; and the strength of Britain 
was free to be employed against- the people of Cohira- 
liia. 

2 So she increased her navy on the shores of Co- 
lumbia, and strengthened her armies in Canada ; and 
jcnt skilful men to conduct them and to fight her bat- 

ies : 

■ S And. in her spite, she emptied out the vials of h^r 
vengeance upon the United States. 

4 Notwithstanding, it came -to pass, on the twenty 
fifth day of the same month, 

5 That another bloody battle was fought hard by, at 
a place called Bridge v.- ater, from \vhence ye might be- 
hold the stupendous water-falls of Niagara. 

6 There the army of Britain came out against Jacob, 
with a liost ci' five thousand cliosen men. 

7 Now tlie iii:;i!!:L'rs of tlie host of Columbia were 
N:!ss ibrui t;;" !.i;st oftiie king, who were commanded by 
nvo cM* r <•-;,■. .iii3, the one named Drummond,* and 



-.,'7. 



8 Nevertheless^ Jacob v/ent ci-t agaiiBt ilioni «;nii 
gkve them battle : and the army of CoUnnbia shouicii 
aloud ^ and the battle waxed hot beyor.d mcasuie. 

9 And it lasted for tlie spaee of seven horiri, ; (•,.:; 
until the midnight. 

10 The huge enghies of destm^tioji i nared as tiie- 
lofud thunder, and the blaze thereof was lik--? i.nto flush- 
es of hghtning. 

I 11 But it came to pass, x:vM the nrinv --f (\.iu:vib:a 
^ drove the invdncibles of Weli'nutoii A^m the fidd. 
i 12 The valiant Miller^ wi^Ii his band, nished-upoii 
; the soldiers of the king, whh thi^ s!:;;:;. !.0h;'> of hh 
, weapons of war, that faintly Ldi: tored ; 
I moon, and overcame them.* 
13 Moreover^ Drumnx)-;^ 

king, was woiuided, r i 

|tive; and Riaii, tiie c'l; , o: . i . ; ^ , 

I into the hands o^ th. ' brave Je^^^ - 
I 14 And Jacob, liic chief Cttpraia of the ho3t of ( ■ ■ 

iumbia, was sorth' wounded: and the brave iko-' ^y: ^. 

Wounded also. 

15 However, this was a dreadiul battl;', fought cir- 

my against army, and blood and slaughter covered ihr* 

greeu fields. 

• 16 The loss of the kin§, was about a t!?ou: • 

two hundred fighting men, v/ho came '.'■ ' s 

land of Columbia the honor they vr^iin Eu>e!^e. 



Miller's briiliciRt charge on the evcjnir: 
t Major Jess^r--). of rjtp ?5/,7 P .o- 



MiSTORIGAI. 



17 The los.s of the ipon of Coliunbia was also vci^- 
g-ce;ii ; brila^ nn hiiiuirctl three score and ten slain, and 
iiirv*c ti);iR five hiintu'C*.; muinied. 

1 '• \.;w. as Jacob, the chief ca])lain of the host of; i 
i'.;',.- :! 'n, was woumled, the charge was given to the 
T^ilhint Rip!; y, aad the aiiTiy- returned to the strong 
kold of Tori Eur. 

19 And JcicobasKl ids brrtve men j^abi^-d <:':^'it :|>rHi:r*r 



READER. 153 



CHAP. XLII. 

'h'saitlt on Fort Erie, hy tlie BriiisJiy under Gen. 

Dritminond — G"n. Brown resumes his command-— 

aJIif's Old of Fort Erie against the British camp 

— -31'./,- -^i' V expedition i7ito Canada. 



L \^'SV) it ranie to pass, on the fourth day of the 
n :'Xi: mo;Uh; behig the same day that the gallant Mor- 
■ ail, v/itli two hundred and two scoi'e men, drove a 
M-ianf'. soldiers of the kiiicr lro:n befure Black Rock, 
.,' That a chief captain of Columbia whose name 
'. -i^ Gaines,* ariived from Sackett's Harbor at Fort 
laiti; a;id took rhe (;omi-i).v;ii .■:•:-< of. 

\\\'l ii wa-i so, thiil cii iht; I'^llowing day the army 
o' ^Mt- V:\v^ ajM,roached towards the Ibrt^ and encamped 

-i n . >'>'--or, they threw up breast- works and pre- 
oa'-: •teriiig-ram.s. with intent to destroy tiie 

■ e, and iiKike captives of \\..'i mciiof Columbia. 

:■ And on t!ie iifteenth day of the month, alter they 
ha^l pr<^pHro.l themselves, xI^-jy i o: : .' Ji-ili with all 
their might against the strong hold ci CGiumbia. 

(> And as their deeds v.ere evil, they began in the 
■•: the night, v/hen the liowlings of the v>'ild wolC 



* Gen. Gaines: 
O 



154 lliSTORICAL 

are heard from afar, and the steady roar of distant Vf:^-^ 
ter-falls, catches the ear of tlie drovsy centinel. 

7 Lo ! it was a night dark and gloomy j and the 
very clouds of heaven wept for the folly of man.* 

8 Quickly did the weapons of murder disturb aii<i 
tfoiible the general silence. 

9 Their thunders roared around the battlements; 
and the sudden blaze, from the engines, was as a thou- 
sand flashes of lightning. 

10 But tlie men of Columbia were not asleep; 
for they met them at the onset : thrice the men of Bii- 
tahi came ; and thrice were they driven back. 

11 About this time/ a man of Columbia, who was 
sorely wounded, begged of an officer of the king that 
his life might be spared ; 

12 But the captain, whose name was I>rummond,t 
in whom he spake, refused him quarters ; and, taking 
an oath, he swOre, and cursed the men of Columbia, 
saying, Even as I slay thee, so shall it be with ye ail. 

13. Thus violating the commandment of God, which 
sayeth. Thou shalt do no murder. 

14 But the hand of the Lord was stretched out 
agalnstjhiin : for while he was yet speaking, in the 
wickedness of his heart, he was smitten dead to the 
earth. 

15 Now, although the men of Britain did some 
iujury to the fort, tliey were quickly compelled to de- 
part. 



It was a rainy night 
t Col, Drmmnond. 



READER. 175 

16 And the slain aiad wounded of the king tliat 
fMght, were about seven hundred, besides two hundred 
captives. 

17 The loss of the United States was about an 
himch-ed men. 

1 S Now it came to pass, on the seventeenth day of 
tiie next month, when Jacob was recovered of his 
vf ouiids, and had resumed his command, he sallied om: 
of Fort Erie with his men, and went against the camp 
of the servants of the kin^. 

19 And by his bravery and skill, and that of the 
valiant captains under him, he took and destroyed 
their strong holds, and slew many of them, -so ihat 
their loss . was about a thousand fighting men. 

20 And the slain and wounded of Jacob's army 
.i^vere two hundred ninety and nine. 

21 Now the vaHant deeds of Jacob, and his brave 
jaen, are they not written in all the books of the chroni- 
cles of the land of Columbia of that day ? 

22 After this, on the twenty-first day of the same 
month, the chief captain, and the host of Britain, being 
tired of the noise of the destroying engines of the men 
of Columbia, went away from the place and rested at 
Queenstown. 

23 About this time Izard, the chief captain, arriv- 
ed at Fort Erie, from Plattsbiir.gh, and, as he was the 
oldest captain, he took the charge of the army of the 

24 During these circumstances, it happened that tl^e 
brave ]>!■ Arthur, who had remained at the strong hol^ 
of Detroit, to defend it. 



7 56 HISTORICAL 

25 Moved liis army towards Baiiirfgton Heigiit^^ 
and went more than an hundred miles into the province 
of Canada. 

26 And the men of Columbia that weirt with him 
were valiant men, from the states of Kentucky and Ohio 5 
in number about eight hundred. 

27 Victory perched upon their arms, and they slew 
3ome of the servants of tlie king, and made many 
prisoners, and returned again with the loss of one man. 

28 In the meanwhile, the army of Izard crossed the 
river and returned from Erie to the borders of Columbia, 
in the latter part of the year, and went into their winter 
camps at Biiflalo, 



READER, 15' 



CHAP. XLIII. 



Attach on Stcilngton, bij the British ships of imr 
which are defeated and driven of . 



_ft-N these uays the strong po^vers of Britaui strove 
hard to queuch the fire of Coluaibian Liberty, 

2 But it was lighted up by tlie hand of heaven, and 
not to be extinguisiied. 

3 Now it came to pass, on the ninth day of the eighth 
month of the same year, 

4 Th.«t the mighty ships of Britain came and opened 
their thundering eng-jnes upon ihe httie town of ^tou- 
iiiL,toa, which heth in the state of Connecticut, in t!ie 
east. 

5 But the inhabitants of the place were b<;M and 
valiant men, and they scorned to make a covenant v\'ith 
the servants of the knig. 

6 Altliough Hardy,* the chief captain of the king's 
ships had threatened to destroy the place; sayinr, b.e- 

■ mave from the town your ViOmen and your children^ 
wdio are innocent and fight not. 

7 Tjras shewing more righteousness than "any of the 



* Co'?j Tl^rhr. a crnjtiin caiJcr Lord Ntlson^ at 
f^'c luHic of Trafalgar. 



158 HISTORICAL 

kino's vTptahi^ : 'liljei?. he gave them only the space of 
one h'var to d<,-j,.;! i 

8 3o the men of v3..1ambia let the destroyhig engines 
loose upon the vessels, and sliot i!ie yankee balls amongst 
them pl'^ntifally, and com^.diej them to depart: 

9 Notwithstanding, they had but two of the destroj'- 
ing enirinos ia the place. 

10 However, on the eleventh day of the same month, 
they were .;gain forced to put them hi motion. 

11 For, in the meantime, Hardy had sent a messen' 
ger to the inhabitants, saying, 

12 If ye will not prove wicked, and will refrain from 
sending your evil torpedoes amongst our vessels, therj 
will we spi.re your town. 

13 Now Hardy was mightily afraid of these torpe- 
does, (the history whereof is written in tlie fiftieth 
book of these chronicles) and he trembled at the sound' 
of the name thereof. 

14 Nevertheless, the people of Stonlngton refused 
his request. 

15 So the ships of Britain came again tind they 
brought another strong ship of the king to help them to 
take the place. 

16 i3ut once more the valiant sons of Connecticut 
made them fly for safety : and they came not again. 

17 And the gallant conduct of the people of Ston- 
ington gained them much praise, even from the great 
Sanhedrim of the people. « 

18 Thus would the men of Columbia have done, in 
many other places, but for the false words and wicked- 
ness of trait or QU5 men. 



READER. 1 50 



CHAP. XLIV. 



Af'ihs in the Clicsarfcalc^ — British armj/ tmve in? 
the F'i^uxcnt — land and march touKirds t^id- citi/ 
of W !rii:ia:ton — prvyarc themselves for haiile at 



Bladenshurgh. 



N 



OW the mighty fleet of Britain, that troubled the 
waters of the great Bay of Chesi^p^^akej commanded by 
Cockbura the wicked, continued their depredations. 

2 The number of theif fighting ships were increas- 
ed, and the soldiers of the king had come thither in 
muhitudes from the isl-^nd of Britain. 

3 For the war wliich she had wawd against the 
mighty ruler of France,* was at an end ; and all their 
men of war were idle ; so they sent them against tlie 
men of Columbia, who slew them with terrible sluugii- 
ter. 

4 Now the numbers of the servants and soldiers of 
the king, in and ab jut the Chesapeake, were little fewer 
than tea tliousand. 

5 And they moved up the great river, which is called 
the ?o£a^vmac, and the river Fatuxent, which lieth to 
the east thereof. 

6 So, as they passed along, they did much damage j 



Biconajjartei 



5 60 HISTORICAL 

avid (lestroyea abundance of the sweet- scented plant of 
\'irginiaj burning it with fire. 

7 Now this ^veed is a' native of the land of Colum* 
bin, and grcv,'eih not on the island of Britain : 

8 TliFreiore, the nostrils of the servants of Britain 
were reiTcded v/lth the scent thereof, for the king had 
put a silver bar* against its plentiful use, throughout bis 
"'.ylioio dominions. 

■) However, it came to pass, about the twentieth day 
of the same month, that the whole army of Britain gat 
out of their vessels and their boats, at a place called 
Benedict, being towai'ds the head of the river Patuxent. 

10 And a man of ;-;eat experience in matters of war- 
fare, sii-nairied Ross, was chief captain of th« host of 

'Erhain. . ^* 

11 :-o thPY marched on towards "VVasliington, which 

he waters of the Potowm.ac, and is called the 
.y of tiie land of Columbia; where the great 
... '.ill: assen>ble themselves together. 

II .\:id {hey journied on until they came to a place 
call I oladeiisbiirgh, which lieth to the east of the city, 
not far oif. 

13 Aii 1 Cockbiirn staid not beliind, for his heart 
thiis d after blood and murder. 

14 i :ow this was on the twenty- fourth day of the 
T;2o;hi'ri month, in the one thousand eight himdre.- and 
ouiteenth year of the Christian era. 

15 An I the army of Columbia that went out io 
meet the host of Britain, was commanded by a brave 
man, wh^^se name was Winder. 



* T'-'f tax en tohacco^ manufactured in England 
is vert/ he cay 



READER. 161 

16 Bat it was ill ihe heat of the siimpier, anil the hi^s- 
bandmen of Colamhia, that went out to defend the 
phice, were weary, for. they had travelled many miles 
from the house of their fathers. 

17 Moreover, their numbers were few at the onset : 
for those that were journeying on their v/ay came n©t 
in time. 

18 Nevertheless, they who came, prepared them- 
selves for the fight, in the hope that they might not be 
o\Trcome by the servants of the king. 

19 And it was 'SO, that when Ross, the chief captain 
of the host of Britain, drew nigh the place, and saw 
that the men of Columbia were bent on giving him hia- 
drar.ce, 

20 He addressed the oiiicers and men of his army, 
and encouraged them, saying, 

21 Lo ! we are stronger tiian the host of Columbia | 
therefore, let us go with all our might against their chief 
city, and make capture thereof, 

22 And burn it with fire, and take their chief govern- 
or, and bind him hand and foot, and bring him before 
^he king. 

23 Moreover, let us surround the temple of the great 
Sanhedrim of the nation, and endeavor to catch them, 
even as I'he huntsman C3.Xcheih foxes., 

2 i Then shall we strike terror throughout the land 
of Columbia, and the arms of the king, oar master^ 
cshall be encirclod with glory. 

2;") Tlie spirit of the people will be broken ; they 
'.viii bow dov/n to the servants of the king: and all the-' 

■ v^^ riii heliold'the valiant deeds o( UnuV.ii, 



Sm HISTOHICi^L 



CHAP. XLV. 

Capiure of Washington — -SacUii^ of Ahivandriit- 
death of Sir Peier Parker. 



n 



OW, when Ross^ the chief captain, had done 
speakingj they sent forth their fire brands, and sat their 
destroying engines to work, and cast balls of destrjic- 
tion and deathp 

2 Nevertheless, the men of ColLimbla were not dis- 
'mayee!, but poured cut their thunders upon them in 
-^bundance. 

,3 And Joshua, sir-named Barney, who commanded 
tli.2 vessels of Columbia near the place, with his brave 
pien, went out upon the land, and fought against them 
with desperation. 

.4 For be had ordered his little fleet to be burnt wiih 
fire, ihVit the men of Britain might not profit thereby^ 
and it blew up'in the air with a loud noise. 

5 Now Joshua v/as in the heat of the battle ; and his 
<l0£troying engines slew the men of Britain on all sides : 
howevf'r, he was wounded and made captive. 

.C But the servants of the king treated Joshua well, 
;t.Md hru'ouicci iiliri for his bravery. 

T Ao\v Jamf-3; the chief governor, and the coimsel- 
iJjp>;?.ruiU the scisbes of tlie great Sani^drim, went ou; 



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to see the battle, and to contrive for the safety of tho- 
city. 

8 And Munroe,* the chief scribe of the great 
Sanhedrim, was there; and Arrnsirong,! and many 
other friends of the land of Columbia. 

9 Nevertheless, the wisdom of all their plans failed 
them ; and they were sorely grieved to behold the hus- 

, bandmen and the army of Winder, the chief captain, 
flee before the host of Britain. 

j 10 But they were misled in their calculations ; and 

I they were now unable to prevent the evil. 

11 Neither did the men of war they counted upon 

1 arrive in time to catch the armv of the kino-. 

' 12. Therefore, tlie host of Columbia fled, and went' 
beyond the city, and passing through Georgetownj 
rested at a place called I^Iontgomery Court-house. 

13 And the slain and maimed of the king, were 
' about four hundred .• tliose of the men of Columbia 
! about two score. 

14 Now it was about the going down of the sun, 
when the host of the king polluted the Citadel of Free- 
dom, and with their unhallowed footsteps violated the 
Temple of Liberty. 

• 5 And Cockburn and Ross led the savage band of 
Britain into the midst of the city/ 

IG And the men of Columbia gnashed their teeth, and 



* IIo)i. James Munroe^ then Sec'ry of State, 
t Gen. Armstrong; 



i64 HISTORICAL 

bit ^hoii lijTS with vexia'-m. \,r t :^ thing niiglit have 
I> . .1 r- ■( 'Cniv;n.* 

■7 ivjm 'l;!cle>s. it proved a blessing; for it united 
, ' ■ of roluaibiii as one man, -tjgainst the tyrants- 

:i c r * u tiie place i]f:.t L;id been pitched upon to 
h'\'A'] i-e '/■■!■•{ city, ^^"as in .; fini:; country, and a bcaii- 
tifti-l spot, in i;ie District of Columbia. 

19 ]*;{[ the iidiaUitants round about the Ci-y ■■^f 
';' '.i, % : were lew; for they had, as it were, ju?; 

L-;;:U l- ^.-nild it. 

1:0 Ti:- .-e was much grnnnd laid out for tlie city. 
bat thr- b-iidings therein were not mais}" ; neh:ier vaxb 

it fr-uhlcd. 



* JVhatever may he individual sonimentj it hcib' hecv^ 
and still is the opinio?! of the best informed, that they're 

was sujf.cient time to have had thr ' ; . ::b\'i^L<:d 
audi fortified^ if necessary^ vntk cm ,.. r%w;y'' 

cannon ; and at least to have kept the enc^^i:; ai ba?/, 
until a sujjiciciit force ti^ere assembled' to have cut off' 
his retreat. But to expect rcau militia to meet and rc- 
puhe, in an open plain, solid colli} nns (fr'^ij:ular iroop!)^ 
^iuperiw in ninnbers as well as dihciplim'y nu^st be 
preposterous. IViio is to blame in tlie bi-iiiness ice pre- 
mme not to sa?/ ; but hope a rccarraiiee if the evil 
may he provided against in future. Hud the same en- 
ergy and imlustry been exercised at the city of fVash- 
iagton, that were displayed by the paitiolic citizens of 
NeiO'York, in erecting fortijicaiions for t/>e df-:r:.e of 
their capital, we might have heen spared the mortif- 
cation that folioiced the capture of the seat if ^ovcru" 
ment. 



* READER. 165 

21 So when tlie servants of the king came to the 
place, they looked around, in surprise, and cried out 
tvilh astonishment, saying, 

21 Lo ! the city hath fled with the people, tbr there 
are but rai handful of houses in the place. 

23 However, the next day they began the worko^ 
destruction, like unto the barbarians of ancient times • 
for their wickedness followed after them as the shadow 
followeth after the substance. 

24 And they destroyed the beautiful ediiices with fire, 
even the palace of the great Sanhedrim. 

25 Now Cockburn was loath that his wicked deeds 
should be handed down to future generations j so he 
v/ent and destro3'ed, with his own hands, the chief 
printing-ofnce* of the city, and scattered the types 
abroad ; 

IC) Because, as he alledged, the printer had, in times 
past, uttered many hard things against him. 

27 Til IS did he, even Cockburn, like an ignorant 
savage, stamp his own name with infamy, and make it 
become a reproach amongst all mankind. 

28 Science and learning blushed at the champions 
cf England, who had been represented as the bulwark 
cS religion ; but who were, in reality, the supporters of 
idolatry 5 the staff of Juggernaut, the false god of In- 
dia. 

29 Now the art of printing was not known among 
the ancients; for it v>^as invented in these latter days;' 
even in the fourteen hundred and fortieth year of the 
Chiistian era. 



* Office of the I'^ational ItitcUi^€7iccr, 
P 



lC6 HISTORICAL 

30 It was the helpmate of Freedom, anii whcii'ihe 
fight which it spread burst forth upon the world, it be- 
gan to open the eyes of man, and to destroy the poison- 
ous weeds that choaked the growth of Liberty. 

31 Moreover, to complete the vandalism of Cocl;- 
burn and Ross, they fell upon the printed books of the 
great Sanhedrim. 

32 Even those that had been gathered together fof 
instruction ; the toil of many years ; containing the 
learning and wisdoim of ages. 

33 And they consumed them with fire ; thus striving 
taturn man back to the ages of ignorance and dark- 
ness. 

34 Now, Thomas, whose sir^iame was Jefferson, 
who had been a scribe in the days of Washington, 
and a chief governor in the land of Columbia, in times 
past ; a man whom the people esteemed for his vir- 
tue ; 

35 When he heard of their wickedness ; how, sa- 
vage-like, they had burnt the books which had been 
written by the wise men of the earth, and preserved 
from the beginning to that day ; 

36 In the goodness of his heart, he wrote unto the 
great Sanhedrim, when they were assembled together, 
saying : 

37 Since, like the barbarians of old, whose igno^ 
ranee might plead for them, the servants of the king- 
dom of Great Britain have laid waste your chief city» 
and made it a desolation, 

38 And have trampled upon science, mutilated the, 
monuments of art and industry, destroyed the archives 
of your nation, a-ad burnt your books with fire j 



READER, 1<37. 

39 For your benefit, and for the benefit of my eoun-' 
try, I will give unto you my whole Library, which .1 
have selected with care, from my youth upwards ; and 
whatever in your judgment shall be the value thereof, 
t4iat will I accept.* 

40 I am well stricken in years, and must shortly 
sleep with my fathers ; but the last wish ol my heart 
shall be the welfare of my country. 

41 Now Thomas was a Philosopher, and a man of 
great learning, and he had abundance of books of all 
nations, and in all languages, even ten thousand vo- 
lumes. 

42 So the great Sanhedrim accepted the offer of 
Thomas, and they retain the books to this day. 

43 Now it came to pass, in the evening of the 
same day, on which the vandals of Britain set fire to 
the city, that the army of the king fled from the place ; 
far the air of Liberty is poison lo the followers of ty- 
rants. 

44 Moreover, they left some of their slain and 
v.-ouaded behind, for they were afraid of being caught 
in a snaje by the hushandmen of Columbia. 

45 So they went down to the river and gat into their 
vrssels from whence they came. 

45 In the meantime, the inhabitants of Alexandria, 
H town v/hich lieth to the south of the chief city, on the 
river Potowmac, in the state of Virginia, 



* Mr. Jefferson left it to Congress to make him what 
■p'^'i^aJir^n tlieii thought proper for his Library, 



168 HISTORICAL 

47 Being smitten with fear, sent to CockburD and 
Ross, entreating that they might be spared, if, perad- 
venture, they made a covenant in good faith with them^ 
and surrendered themselves. 

48 And the ciiief captains of Britain agreed to the 
capituhition of the town, and to vouchsafe its protec- 
tion. 

49 But the people suiiored for thek foolisli cor.fi- 
dence j and no one \>\xkd ihan ; for it was of their 
©wn seeking. 

50 So it happened, after thfy had trusted to the 
faith of the servants of the king ; Gordon, a captain 
of the ships in the river Potowmac, came up against 

them before the town ; 

51 And took their merchant ships ; and compelled 
the people to open their store-houses, and put into the 
vessels their flour, even sixteen thousand barrels, and 
theh- wine, and their cotton, and a thousand hogsheads 
©fine sweet-scented plant. 

'r2 So the robbers of t'le king took them away, sack- 
Tfj ihn town, and lautrju^j at the people thereof! icr 
lii;sting to the faith of Bn,"s]i honoiu'. 

:">3 IIowever,ras they passed along down tl/e rivfr, 
vviih their ill-gotten treasure, lo ! the ships of Brilaiu 
were assailed, and nigh being destroyed : 

54 For Rogers, and Ftn-ry, and Poiier, tlu'ee \ ar 
liant captains of the navy uf Columbia, gate them 
hindrance and annoyed them greall}' : 

55 Perry and Porter raised fortificalions upon tii'i 
borders of the river, and put therein the de>troyiiig 



READER. . 10i> 

engines, whicli, when the vessels came nigh by, 
xhey let loose upon them abundantly, and wounded 
them in their tackhng, and slew numbers of their 
men. 

56 Moreover, the balls which the engines vomited 
vforth, v/ere red and hot fiom the mouth of the fiery 
furnace. 

57 Meanwhile, Rogers sent his fire-ships among 
them to destroy them as they fled 5 nevertheless they 
escaped. 

58 Now about this time, being the thirtieth day of 
the same month, Peter, whose sir-name was Parker, 
who coaiim.anded a strong ship of the king, was com- 
ioitting niariy depredations along the shores of the Ches- 
apeake ; 

59 So Peter essayed to go, in the night-time, against 
some of the husbandmen of Columbia, commanded by 
the gallant Reid,* about the borders of the state of Ma- 
ryland ; 

60 And when lie had landed his men of war, he 
vv^ent out after the husbandmen, and the plunder ; bir. 
■hey were i|pon the watch, and fell upon him, and killed 
and maimed about two score, and were nigh mak- 
ing captives of them all 5 and Peter was aniongst the 
:l.iin. -^ 

6i Nov/ when the news of the taking of the chief 
]^y of Columbia, and the sacking of Alexandria was 



Ccl Rdd, of the militia. 



170 HXSTOTJTCAL 

received in Britain, at first the people rejoiced, saving^ 
Now, forsooth, have we conquered these*cunaing Yan- 
kees I 

62 But afterwards they became ashamed, and hid 
their faces 5 for they had heard tlie judgment of the 
surrounding nations, by whom their vandahsm was 
condemned.* 



* A number of well written articles were piihlisk' 
ed, not only in the papers of France and Germany^ 
hut even in England, in which this scandalous imita- 
tion of the conduct of the Goths and Sandals was veri^ 
severely reprehended. 



READEE; 



CHAP. XLVL 



BriiisJi under Gen. Prevost^ go against Flattshurgu 
— Com. MacdonoKgli captures the British squadron 
on Lake Ckamplain < 

, 



N, 



P.VERTHELESS, if difficuitie* and disasters 
befel the people of Columbia in the south, lo ! there 
was a wreath of laurels weaving for them in tiie north. 

2 Behold! a mighty army of the king had assem- 
bled together at the villnge of Champlain, between 
Platlsburgh and Montreal ; nigh unto the place 
where Forsyth the warrior, the second Sumter,* was 
slain : 

3 For the Prince Regent had commanded his ser- 
vants to go forth into the heart of the land of Colum= 



♦ Sumter, a brave officer in the American Revolu- 
tion, similar in character to Forsyth. 

The following lines were suggested to the mind of 
the ivriter, by viewing thp spot where the remains of 
th^ gall'int Forsyth lie interred On the '28th (f June, 
1814, this enterprising officer made an incinsion into 
; Canada as far as Odlestown, where an affair took 
place ivith a detachmnit of the enemy from the Port 
of La Cole. After killing seventeen nf their ^lumhcr.^ 
Forsyth recieved a wound in the neck ofzvhich, he- died 



bia^ uiid Separate the states of the cast from the rest of 
the coinitiy. 

4 So it came to pass^ ahoiit the fifth day of the 
nhith montlij that tho hc^t of Brkahi appeared before 
tiie village of Plattsburgh ; which lieth about three 
tiundred miles from New- York, tov/ards the north. 

5 Now PrevGst, the governor of Canada, was lhc 
commander of the army ; and the number of his ivien 

■--^f war ivas about fifteen thousand. 

6 And they began to prepare their battering ramS; 
their bombs and their rockets, and all kinds of insti-a- 
iiieru. of destruction; and Ihey entrenched .themselves 
round about. 

7 Now the strong hold of Plattsburgh was hard 
by ; and tiie barve Macomb was the chief captain of 



; afeiD dajp after, ardcoas . buried^ with mmiary lie- 
,-rs, at Ciiamplain. 

Stop, trav-iler, r:tav— -view well the ground 

Wliere 1' orsyih fought and bled ; 
Mark v/ell the spot, for yonder mound, 

Contains the valiant dead. 

No c old ne gleet. co\M check Ins zeal, 

His Country was his pride, 
And lighting for that Country's weal, 

The hero nobly died ! 



No tomb-stone marks the dreary spotj 
Where sleeps the warrior brave ; 

-IJis fame, his actions, quite forgot, 
■ And buried in his grave. 



READER. ITS' 

?ne hold : and the number of his men was about fifteen 
hundred : being in the proportion of ont Yankee to Un 
in-. ' 

8 iiowsoever, the valiant husbandmen of the states 
of Vermont and Nev/-York, calkd mihtia, commanded 
by Mooers, a man of great courage, assembled together, 
to assist in the defence of the phice, on the borders of 
the river Saraiiie, which emptieth its waters into lake 
Champlain. 

9 In the meantime, Downie, the chief captain of the 
.fleet of Britain upon the lake, had prepared himself to 
assist Prevost on a certain day appointed^ 

10 When he was to come out against the fleet of 
Columbia, wkich was commanded by the gallant I^lao- 
dcnosgh. 

11 Accordingly, it came to pass, on the appointed 
day, being the eleventh of the ninth month, in the one 
thousand eight hundred and fourteenth year of the 
Christian era, 

12 And three hundred and sixty-five days after Oli- 
ver had captured the king's fleet en the waters of Er'e, 

13 That the strong vessels of Biitain appeai'ed, vvith 
their sails spread, moving upon the bosom of lake 
Champlain, coming against the fleet of Columbia. 

14 Now it was in the morning, about the ninth hour, 
when IMacdonough beheld the fleet of Britain sailing 
boldly towards him. 

15 And it was so, that the vessels of Columbia 
>yere safely moored in the bay of Plattsburgh, where 
they waited the approach of the enemy: who were the 
■jtrongest in numbers, and in their engines of death. 



1^4 HISTORICAL 

iC However J when they were about a furlong offj 
Ihey cast their aRchors, and set themselves in battle ar- 
5:ay, squadron against squadron. 

17 Now the sound of the battle-dnim was heard 
along tlie lake, and the brave mariners shouted aloud 
for the fight. 

1 8 Then began their destroying engines to utter their 
veices, and it was like unto the voice of mighty thiin° 
ders. 

1 9 And the same hour, the armies on the shore be- 
gan the dreadfd battle with their roaring engines. 

20 So that on the land and on the waters the fire and 
smoke were abundant, and the noise thereof was tre- 
mendous beyond measure. 

21 And the battle waxed hot, and the vessels of 
Downie fought bravely against the vessels of Macdon- 
ough : 

22 Nevertheless, the Lord o-f hosts favored the men 
of Columbia, and they overcame the servants of th^e 
king. 

23 For in about the space of three hours, the va- 
lliiit Macdonough and his brave men, captured the 
wlioh fioet of Britain, save a few gun-boats, that made 
good their escape. 

24 Now the killed and wounded of the king's fleet, 
were an hundred ninety and four ; and Downie, the 
chief captain, was amongst the slain. 

2.3 Moreover, the mimber of the captives of tjie 
Kien of Britain was about four hundred. 

26 Now Macdonough was a good man, neither was 
^c Hiil of boasting and vuh>glory : he arrogated io 



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himself no praise on account of his success, but ascribed 
the victory to the pleasure of the Almighty. 

27 And as it is written, in the word of the Lord^^ 

Do UNTO ALL MEN AS YE VfOULD THEY SHOULD DO 

UNTO YOU, SO he took care of the prisoners, and em- 
ployed skilful physicians to bind up the wounds of the 
maimed. 5^ 

28 Then were the children of Columbia exceedingly 
rejoiced ; yea, their hearts were made glad ; and they 
praised Macdonough for his noble deeds. 

29 Moreover, the great Sanhedrim honored him % 
and a piece of land, which overlooketh the lake, was 
given unto him, for an inheritance ; 

30 That, in his old age, and when he was well 
stricken in years, he might remember with joy the 
strength of his youth, and smile upon the spot, wlieri* 
fleet to fleet, he triumphed over the enemies of free- 
dom ; 

31 And where his children's children might point, 
and say, Tt was there the guardian angel of Co- 
lumbia permitted, our father to humble the pride oi 
Britain. 



i7G HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XLVIT. 



Battle of Flattsburgh — -defeat of Sir George Pre* 
vost» 



OW while Macdonough was capturing the royal 
fleet of Britain, upon the lake, the gallant Macomb 
mattered destruction amidst the army ol' Prevost. 

2 And the battle raged with great violenoe, and the 
•T'.en of Britain strove hard to pass over the river called 

3 But the men of war of Columbia, who were upon 
liie opposite side of the water, opposed them, and slew 
iliQui with. great slaughter, ^ 

4 And the brave Grosvenor, and Hamilton, and 
Rllry, and the gallant Cronk, drove them back from 
crossing the bridges. 

5 Likewise, many were slain in the river, so that the 
v.acers of the Saranac were dyed with the blood of 
die servants of the king. 

6 But Macomb kept the engines at work ; and 
Brooks, and llichards, and Smith, who were in the 
forts, displayed much valor, and caused the engines to 
vomit fire and smoke, and balls of heavy metal. 

7 Howsoever, when Frevost saw that the king^s 
jfleet was captured, he began to be disheartened^ and his 
,wholp armv was ao^azed. 



READER, • ITT 

># 

8 Notwithstanding this, they continued to cast their 

ballsj and their rockets^ and their bomb-shells, and their 
sharpnellsj with all their might. 

9 Now these sharpnells were unknown even to the 
children of Columbia, for they were lately invented by 
the wise men of Britain. 

10 But the people of Columbia trusted in the 
strength of their arms, more than in the strength of 
these shells, so they used them not. 

1 1 Nevertheless, the army of the king fought hard., 
with, their battering-rams, against the strong hold of Co- 
lumbia,* until the setting of the sun, when their noises 
were silenced by the brave band of Coluaibia. 

.12 So the same night, Prevost. and the iiivincibles of 
the king, fled towards the strong hold of Montreal ; 
leaving their sick and wounded behind to the mercy of 
the men of Golumbia ; deslroyiag their provisions, which 
In their haste tliey could not carry away. 

13 Andtliemen of Columbia followed them a little 
WW? and slew some, and made many captives. 

14 Thus were the men of war of Britain conquered 
in the north, army agaiost army, fleet against fleet, and 
squadron against squadron. 

15 And the killed and wounded of the army of the 
king that day, were about a thousand men ; End about 
three hundred who were tired ot their bondage, left the 
service of the king,* and joined the banners of the great 
Sanhedrim. 

16 Now Macomb received much praise for his bra= 

* Deserters, 
Q 



rrs HISTORICAL 

very ; and his name shall be remembered by ages yet un- 
borM. 

IT Moreover, he spake well of all the officers aud 
men who fought with him. 

18 And Mooers, who commanded the brave husband- 
men of New-York and Vermont, and Strong, tlie valiant 
chief captain of the men called volunteers, had great 
honor for their noble deeds. 

19 Likewise, Appling, and Wool, and Leonard and 
Sproul, distinguished themselves among the brave. 

20 But when the news of the capture of the fieet, and 
the defeat of their mighty army, reached the lords of 
Britain, they put their fingers in their ears, that they 
might not hear it. 

21 Neither would they believe it j but when they 
found it was so of a truth, they were enraged out of 
measure. 

22 And their wise men and their counsellors seiid, Lo! 
we have only been trilling with these Yankees 5 now 
let us send forth a mighty fleet and an army to ovex^ 
whelm them.. 



KKADEK. A179 



CHAP. XLVia 

Aitacli on Baltimore, hy tTie British army, under Gen. 
RosSy and the fleet under Admirals Cochrane and 
Cockburn. 



N< 



OW when Ross and Cockburn returned from their 
burning and pillaging, and all the barbarities they com- 
mitted at Washington, the chief city, and the neighbor- 
hood thereof; 

2 Emboldened by the success of their unrighteous 
deeds, they gathered together their army and their navy, 
and essayed to go against the city of Baltimore, which 
lieth in the state of Maryland ; 

S That they might commit the like wickedness, in 
which they had taken so much pleasure at Hampton^ 
Havre-de-grace, an-d Washington. 

4 But they had a mightier place than Washington to 
go against ; foi* Baltimore is a great city, containing 
therein about fifty thousand souls, and the people had enr 
trenched it round about, and made it a strong place. 

5 So it came to pass, the next day after Macdonough 
had captured the fleet oi Britain, on lake Champlain, 
being the twelfth day of the niigith month, 

6 That their vessels and transports came to a place 
called North Point, which lieth at the mouth of ^e river. 



180 HISTORICAL 

Petapsc©, about an hundred furlongs from the clty^ an<! 
began to put their men of war upon the shore. 

7 And the number of their chosen fighting men. who 
were landed, were about eight thousand. 

8 And when they were all moved out of the boats, 
Ross, the chief captain, conducted them on towards the 
city. 

9 As they moved along their instruments of war glit- 
tered in the beams of the sun j and the waving of their 
3quadrons was like unto the troubled waters of the 

ocean. 

10 However, when they came to a place called 

Sear Creek, lo ! the army of Columbia met them in bat^ 
tie array. 

1 1 For, when the gallant young men of Baltimore 
heard the rumor, that the soldiers of Britain were com- 
ing upon them ; 

12 With the spirit of freemen, they grasped their 
7^ capons of war in their hands, and went out to meet 
thtm without fear ; and resolved to conquer or to die.* 

13 For well they knew, 'hat life would be a burthen 
to them, when their habitations were consumed with fire ; 
their parents slaughtered j and the innocence of their 
wives and sisters violated. 

14 Now the name of the chief captain of the army of 
Cohimbia was Samuel, whose sir-name was Smith :t 
a valiant man, who had fought in the days of Washington, 
and gained much honor. 



* Although U moif be Said the British loere not con<^ 
quered / yet ihe'^were defeated. 

t G!?/^ Smith 



READER. 181 

1^ Moreover, Samuel was a man well stricken in 
years, and he had many brave captains under him ; 
even Strickei", and Stansbury, and Winder were with 
him. 

iG Now it was somewliat after the mid-day when, 
the engines of destruction began their roarinir noises : 

17 And the fire and smoke were vomited forth out 
of their mouths, so that tlie h'ght of the sun was hid- 
den by the means of th<; black clouds that filled the air. 

] 8 And their rockets, and all their instruments of 
death, which the sons of men have employed their un- 
derstandings to invent, were used abundantly. ' 

19 Kowtite battle\ waxed hot, and the gallant Sfrick- 
er, and liis brave men, fought hard : and it was a dread- 
ful fight, 

20 Inasmuch' as the slain and wounded of the king 
that day, were about four hundred ; and the loss of the 
men of Columbia M-as two hundred. 

21 Moreover, Ros^, the chief captain of the host of 
Britain, was amongst the slain ; a boy, who had accom- 
jr^anied Ids father to battle, had taken dreadful aim at 
Ross, with his rifle, a,nd killed him : 

22 And the people of Columbia grieved only be- 
cause it was not Cockburn the wicked, who h:i(i fallen ; 
for a man, whose name was O'Boyle, had offered live 
hundred pieces of silver for each of his ears. 

23 Nevertheless, the men of Columbia were not 
pov/erfrl enough to overcome the servants of ilie kiiig; 
so tliey diew back into their entrenchments, and strong 
holu^, that v/ere upon tlie higli places round about tho 

C'ltVr ' 

Q 2 



182 ' HISTORICAL 

24 And Rogers, and Findley, and Harris, and 
Stiles were among tlie captains of the strong holds ; 
and were all faithful men. 

25 But it came to pass, the next day, when the men 
of Britain saw that the men of Columbia were well 
prepared for battle, that they were afraid to go against 
the strong holds. 

26 So in the middle of the night, which was dark 
and rainy, they departed from the place, and returned 
to their vessels, that they might escape the evil that was 
preparing for them. 

27 Moreover, tliey took the dead body of Ross, 
their chief captain, with them, and cast it into a vessel, 
filled with the strong waters of Jamaica ; 

28 That the instrument of their wickedness might 
fee preserved, and conveyed to the king, their masterj 
and be buried in his own count r}'. 

29 Now it came to pass, in the meantime, that 
Cochrane, and Cockburn the vdcked, the chief captain, 
of the mariners of the king, sailed up the river Petap- 
§co, towards the strong hold of Fort M'Lieircy, to as- 
sail it 

30 Now the strong hold of M'Henry lieth about fi& 
Uten furlongs from the cityj and the name of the chief 
captain thereof was Armistead, a man of courage : al- 
beit, he was sick. 

31 And when the strong vessels of the king drew 
aigh unto the fort, they cast their rockets and their 
bomb-shells into it plentifully, and strove hard to drive- 
the men of Columbia away. 



READER. iSS 

32 But the gallant Arraistead let the destroying en- 
gines loose upon them without mercy ; and they cast 
out their thunders, winged with- death, among the ser- 
vants of the king. 

33 The loud groans of their wounded floated upon 
the waters, with an awful horror that shocked the ear 
of humanity. 

34 And it was so, that when Cockburn found he 
could not prevail against the strong hold, he also depart- 
ed from the river, neither came they> against the place 
any more.* 



* 0/76 rf the gallant defenders of Fort hPHenry 
has celebrated tJiis circumstance in deathless verse. 
His poctrij is so exquisite, and his descriptions so pa-: 
ihetic, that we cannot 7'esist the pleasure of presenting 
his stanzas to our readers. 

The Star-Spangled Banned. 

O ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, 

Vvliat so proudly we hailM at the twiligbfs bs,; 
gleam ins", 
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the peri- 
lous fight, 
Cer the, ramparts we watch'd v.- ere so gallant'^y 
, streamins:? 
And the rocket's red glyre, the bombs burstinrrin air, 
Gave proof through the night tliat our flag wris stilir 
there ; 
O ! say, does tliat _star-spangled banner yet wave. 
O'er liie land of tiie'free, and the home of the brave i^ 



i»4 niSTOltlCAL 

oj Now v/nen tke men of Columbia heard that 
Ross, the chief captain of the king, was slain, and the 
host of Britain was compelled to flee from before the 
cit}^, they were exceedingly rejoiced. 



On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the 
deep, 
Where the foe^s haughty host in dread silence re- 
poses. 
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering 
steep, 
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses ? 
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, 
Hn full glory reflected now shines on the stream. 

'Tis the star-spangled banner, O ! long may it wave 
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. 
And v/here is that band who so Vauntingly swore 

That the havoc of war and the battle's confusicn, 
A home and a country, should leave us no more I 

Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pol-. 
lution. 
Ko refuge could save the hireling and slave, 
From the terror of iiight or the gloom of the grave. 
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth 

wave. 
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave, 
© ! thus be it ever when freeman sludl stand. 

Between their lov'd home, and the war's desohition. 
Blest vv^ith vict'ry and j^eace, may the Heaven rescu'd 
land, 
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a 
nation ! 
Then cowquer we ra-.ist, when our cause it is Just, 
And this be our motto — '^ In Go'^ is our trrrl :" 

And tlie star-spanglei baiiae-' in triuir.pli shall 

wave 
O'er ins land of th« fioC; and tlie home of the brave. - 



READER. I 1'c.f: 

36 And tlie brave defenders of Baltimore had 
great praise and honor given them throughout the 
land. 

37 And the names of those who fell in the contest, 
are lIt^v not written on the monument which the grati- 
tud|p ot the DC'jple of Baltimore erected to the memory 

of lt> dQteudexs ? 



U6 HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XLIX. 

Desi7'uctio7i of the privateer Gen, Armstrongs Sam^ 
utl C. Read, captain — Scorpion and Tigress cap- 
tured — U. S. frigate Adams burnt — Castine — 
Fort Boj/cr attacked — destruction of the pirates 
«sf ^Irirrydana, I:?/ (.'om. Patierso^i — Gen. Jackson 
captures Fensacola^ and returns to iVew Orkan&>, 



N< 



OW the loud and frightful noise of war sounded 
tipon the bosom of the great deep ; and the shores 
of Columbia knew no peace. 

2 The dreadful clanger of arms rung upon the land, 
and echoed from the mountains ; and the groans of suffer- 
ing victims floated in the aii- of heaven. 

S But the Lord favored the people of Columbia, 
flmd their armies and their navy gained strength, and 
iprosperity was showered upon them : the voice of 
Var became familiar to those who where strangers to 
it inrtimes past, 

4 Now on the twenty-sixth day of the ninth month j be- 
ing in the thirty and ninth year of American ludepen^ 
rfencej 

5 It came to pass, that a certain private armeil ^c- 
• sel of the people of Columbia, called the Ger.eral 

waji Reads 



(5 Had cast her anchors in the haven of Fayal, an 
island in the sea, which lieth towards the rising sua, 
about two thousand miles from the laud of Columbia ; 

7 A place where, two score and tea years ago, there 
was a mighty earthquake j and where poisonous replil6.s 
never dwell. 

8 And it was about the dusk of the evening when 
Samuel saw a number of the strong vessels of Britain 
hemming him in ; so he drew nigh to the shore for 
safety, for the place was friendly to both powers. 

9 Nevertheless, the boats from the vessels of the king 
went against Samuel to take his vessel j but with 
his weapons of war he drove them oiTand slew numbers 
of them, so that they were glad to escape to their 
girong ships. 

10 However, they quickly returned with a greater 
number of boats, and about four hundred men ; and Sa- 
muel saw them, and prepared to meet them. 

1 1 The silver beams of the mcon danced upon the 
gently rolling waves of the ocean, and th.e sound oi 
tiie oar again broke the sweet silence of night. 

12 But, when they came nigh the vessel of Sanmel, 
the men of Columbia poured out destruction upoa them 
with a plentiful hand j 

13 Inasmuch as they were again compelled to de- 
part to their strong vessels with dreadful loss. 

14 However, about the dawning of the day, one of 
the strong vessels, called the Carnation, came against 
the vessel of Columbia, and let her destroying engines 
ioose with great fury. 

15 Now Lloyd, v.ho commanded the Plantagenet 



18« HISTORIC AX, 

was the chief captain of the kjng, in the pla<le 5 and he 
violated the law of nations. . 

16 So, when Samuel saw that the whole fleet of 
Britain were beni on destroyin-^ his vessel, in defiance 
of the plighted honor of nations, he ordered her to be 
sunk. 

17 After which he and his brave mariners deserted 
her, and went upon the shore ; and the servants of the 
king came and burnt her with fire in the neutral port of 
Fajal. 

18 Nevertlieless, they received the reward of their 
unrighteousness, for much damage was done to their 
vessels, and their slain and wounded were tv/o hundred 
two score and ten. 

19 Of the people of Columbia two only were slain 
,and seven maimed ! ! 

20 And the valiant deeds of Samuel gained him a 
name among .; the brave men of Columbia. 

21 Now, in the same month, the Scorpion and the 
Tigress, two fighting vessels of Columbia, on lake Hu- 
ron, were captured by the ni'-n of Britain. 

22 Likewise, about tills tim.e, there were numerous 
other evils that beil-l ilie sons of Columbia ; 

23 Ina^3.auch as a brave captain, whose sir-name wcis 
Morris, w?^ jed to consume his ship with fire, 
lest she sii^jid fall into the hands of the enemy 5 and 
she was called the Adams.* 

24 Now this was at a place called Castine, which 
was forcibly occupied by the strong ships of Britain, 



U. S^ frigatG Adwrne, 



READER, iS9 

and lieth t® the east, in the District-Df Maine : more- 
over, it became a watering place for the servants of the 
king. 

25 But wlien James, the chief governor, and the 
great Sanhedrim, knew thereof, they sent word to the 
governor, ami offered him soldiers to drive them from 
the borders of Columbia ; 

26 But. lo ! the governor, even Caleb the Strong, 
refused his aid, for he was afraid of the wrath of the 
king of Britain.* 

27 (Now Caleb, in the Hebrew tongue, signifieth a 
dog 5 but, verily, this dog was faithless.) 

28 Moreover, it came to pass, about the same time» 
that the strong hold of Fort Boyer, being at a place 
called Mobile-point, was attacked by the strong ships 
of Britain. 

2D Now Mobile had lately been the head quarlere 
and the resting-place of the army of Jackson tke 
brave ; 

30 But the enemies of Columbia had become tumal- 
tuous at a place called by the Spaniards, Pensacola, 
whither he had departed to quell them ; 

31 So that the fort was defended hy only a handfai 
of men, commanded by the gallant Lawrence. 

32 And the names of the vessels of Viiig, that 
assailed the fort, were the Hermes, the ChecfOn, and 
the Sophie, besides other fighting vessels ; which open- 
ed their fires upon the strong hold. 

33 Nevertheless, Lawrence was not dismayed, af-. 



See the letter of Sec. Mmiroey and Stron^^s answer:. 

n 



i'JO HISTORICAL 

though A\'oodbine,* tlie white savage, came in his 
rear, with one of ijie destroying engines and a howitzer, 
an instrument of Satan, and about two hundred savages. 

34 So when Lawrence let his engines of death 
loose upon them, and had sliowered the whizzing balls 
amongst tliem, for about tlie space of tliree hours, they 
iled. 

Sd And the slaughter on board the ships was dread- 
ful ; and about three hundred of the men of Britain- 
were slain, and tlie Hermes was blown out of the wa- 
ter into tlie air with an awful noise. 

S6 The loss of the people of Columbia that day, 
was four slain and five maimed. 

37 About this time a band of sea-robbers and pi- 
rates, who had established themselves upon the island 
of Barrataria, were committing great wickedness and 
depredations 5 and were ready to assist the men of 
Britain. 

38 But a valiant man, called Daniel, sir-named 
Patterson, went against them with his 'small fighting 
vessels,! and scattered them abroad^ and took their 
vessels, and destroyed their petty establishment of sea- 
robbery. 

39 Now it came to pass, when Jackson heard that 
Pensacola, the capit;d of West-Florida, had become 
a resiing-place for the enemies of Columbia j and that 
the men of Britain occupied the place, and had built 
them a strong hold therein ^ 

• The QGkhrated Copt, Woodbine, qftJie British navy, 
t Gun-hoati. 



READniL 

4{) From wlienee they sent forth the v/eapons of 
var, and the black dust among the savaj^es, to destroy 
the people of Columbia ; and that the servants of the 
king of Spain were afraid to prevent th.e wickedness 
thereof 3 

41 Beliold ! hO;, even Jackson^ went out a2;aiust the 
place with a band of five thousand figlitii^fi; men, the 
brave sons of Tonne=see and oih^.T parts of (■oluinbia. 

42 And it was early in the morning of the seventh 
day of the eleventh month, when the host of Columbia 
appeared before the walls of Pensacola. 

43 And immediately Jackson sat the engines of de- 
struction to work ; and the smoke thereof obscured the 
weapons of war. 

44 Now when the governor of the place heard the 
noise of the engines of death and the clashing of arms, 
Le was smitten with fear ; 

45 Insomuch that Jackson, the chief captain, who 
-v^ilh his army had encompassed the place, quickly 
^iompelled him to surrender the town, and beg for mer- 
cy j \^r»ich was granted unto him and his people, even 
u\^ Spaniards. 

46 Nov/ when the men of Britain saw this, they put 
the match to the black dust in their strong hold, and it 
rent the air with a tremendous noise. 

47 After which they fled from the land into thefr 
i»trong ships, that were in the haven of Pensacola. 

4:1 And Jackson, having accomplished his puqws*', 
letiirned with his army, in triumph, to tlie city of Ne>^ 
<irle3.ns^ on the second d^y i^he tweifdi rr.ontl*. 



HiSTORICAL 



CHAP. L 



Jjieam-hoats — FuUort-^torpefloes-^ai^tcmpi to hldw uff 
the Flaiitagenet — kidnapping Joshua Penny* 



N 



J., H OW, it happened that, in the land of Coliimbiaj 
there arose up wise and learned men, whose cunning 
had contrived and invented many useful things. 

2 Among these there appeared one whose ingenuity 
was exceedingly great, inasmuch as it astonished all the 
inhabitants of the earth : 

3 Now the name of this man was Robert, sir-named 
F'.lton ; but the cold hand of death fell upon him, and 
\\^ slept with his fathers, on the twenty and third day of 
fcbe second month of the eighteen hundred and fifteenth 
year of the Christian era. 

4 However, the things which he brought into practice 
in his life time will be recorded, and his name spoken 
of by generations yet unborn. 

5 Ahhoiigh, like otlifr men of genius, in these days,. 
he was spoken of but sligbdy at lirst ; for the people 
suld, Lo ! the m^n is beside himself ! and they laughed 
it liim ; nevertheless, he exceeded their expectations. 

6 For it came to pass, that (assisted by Livingston, 
■?L man of wealth, and a^Jbyer of arts and learning) lie 
•'-as enabled to construct certain curious ves-^^Is, Cvlk(^ 
>a the vernacular tongue, ste^m-boats-. 



READER. i^8 

^ Now these steam-boats were cunningly contrived, 
and had abundance of curious workmanship therein, 
such as surpassed the comprehension of all the wisa 
men of the east, from the beginning to this day 

8 Ilowbeitj they were fashioned somewhat like unto 
the ftrst vessel that floated upon the waters, Avliich was 
the ark of Noah, the nintli descendant from dam ; 

9 And that they might heat the water vvhicii produ- 
ced the steam, tl»ere was a fiery furnace placed in the 
midst of tlie vessels, and the smoke issued from the topis 
tJiereof. 

^'0 Moreover, they had, as it were, wheels withitt 
wheels" : and they moved fast upon the waters, evea 
-ag iJHst the wind and the tide. 

11 And 'they first began to move -upon the great 
liver Hudson, passing to and fro, A'om New- York to 
Albany, in the north, conA^?iDg the people hither and 
thither i'l safety, 

12 Bat vvhen the scoffers, the enemies of Fulton^ 
and the g dnsayeis, saw thit the boats moved pleasantly 
upon the rivpr, they beoan to be ashamed of their own 
ignorance and ^.nipi !ity, and were fain to get into the 
boats tlieinsuls es ; after wiricii, instead of laughingj 
tliev ,^aped at the invenroi with astonishment. 

iS And ii came to pass, tiiat the great Sanhedrim 
were pleased with the tiling, ina^iiuch as they directed 
a lighting vessel ,oi Columbia to be buiu alter this mail"* 

14 So a vc^si'l vv'as built to cany the ncs'rnying ea- 
^-iHc-, evcii a steam frigate, and they called the name 
liii^TP'A Fulton the First : 

i J And certain skilful men were appointed comism- 

a 2 . 



■194 HISTORICAL 

si oners to construct this new and dfeadful engine of de- 
r>truction. 

16 And Samuel, a philosopher, sir-named Mitch eL 
a citizen of New-York, was one of the commissioners ; 
ulso, Rutgers, and Mornis, and Wolcot, and Dearbornj 
were other commissioners ; and they all gave their ser^ 
Tices freely for the good of their country. 
.^17 Now she was equipped with thirty of the engines 
cf destruction ; and the weight of a ball that they vom- 
ited forth was about a thousand shekels. 

18 And, when the movement of the frigate was seen 
©n the river, she was as a strong floating battery upon the 
waters, terrible as death. 

19 And the length thereof was about an hundred cii* 
bits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits : 

20 Moreovei^ as they had no gophar-wood, they 
built the vessel partly the locust-tree, and partly of 
the majestic oak that i »ishe5 in the extensive forests 
of Columbia. 

21 But it came to pass, when the wise men and the 
people of Britain heard of this steam frigate, they were; 
seized with astonishment and fright ; inasmuch as it be* 
came a monster in their imaginations. 

22 And they spake concerning it, saying, Lo ! the 
length of this wonder of ^e world, which hath been in- 
vented by these cunning Yankees, is about two hundred 
«ubits, and the breadth thereof an hundred thirty and 
jive cubits ; 

23 The number of her destroying engines is very 
great ; and the weight of a ball which she vomiteth 
forth, is about a thousand live huadrtd two score^aft^ 
«€U shekels t 



flEADEK,, »$^ 

24 Moreover, said they, she is prepared to cast 
ibrth scalding water in showers, upon the servantvs of 
the king, which will deform their countenances and 
spoil their beauty ; 

25 Likewise, they have prepared lier with two-edged 
gwords, v/hicii, by means of the steam of ike vessel, 
issue like liglitning out of >.er sides. 

26 And now, also, tlie cunning and witchcraft of 
these Yanliees, these sons of Belial, the5.e chikhren of 
Beelzebub, have invented another instrument of de- 
struction, more subtile than all the rest : 

27 Yea, these are mighty evil things, and they are 
failed torpedoes, which may be said to signify sleeping 
devils ; which come^ as a thief in the ni.^jht, to destroy 
the servants of the king ; and v/ere coainved by thav 
arch fiend, whose name was ? It on 

28 Now these wouderiV.! terpen, ^s were made partly 
©f brass and partly of iron, and were cunningly con- 
trived with cuiious works, like unto a clock j and as'M 
were a large ball* 

29 And, after they ^ere prepared, and a grcftt 
quantity of the black dust put therein, they were le* 
down into the water, nigh unto the strong ships, with 
intent to destroy them ; 

SO And it was so, that when they strnck against the 
bottom of the ship, the black dust in the torpedo 
would catch fire, and burst forth with tremendous roar, 
casting the vessel out of the waters and bursting her 
in twain. 

31 New these torpedoes were brought into practice 
^htfing the war, although the war ceased before they di^ 



196 HISTORICAL 

that dcstfLrction to the enemies of Columbia, for wiiicfe. 
they were intended. 

3^ However, a certain man of courage and enter- 
prize, whose name was Mix, prepared one of the 
torpedoes, and put it into the waters of the deep, at 
ii place called Lyn-IIaven Bay, at the mouth of the 
great bay of Cliesapeake, nigh unto the town of Nor- 
folk, in the state of Virginia 5 

33 And it moved towards a strong sliip of Brhaiiv, 
called the plantagenet, after one o( the former princtL. 
of Eiidaiid ; but a» accident happened a little befciie 
if reached the vessel, and burst it asunder in tlie waters, 
wiih a tremendous noise j * 

34 And spouted ih.Q water up into the air, as doth 
tl-.c mighty whale, and the sound thereof was, as iti 
were tlie voice of thunder ; ? 

35 And the servants of the king were frightened 
horribly by the means thereof- after which they trem- 
bled at the name torpedo !— and were obliged to guard 
dicir vessels in the night, and put '^ double v/atch upoa 
ihrm ; 

'i S6 Moreover, they condemned this mode of v/arfHre^ 
,^»\iing : Vcril}'-, this is a foul fasiiion of fighting ; ii:as- 
jnuch as by your cunning ye Yaid^ees take the advan- 
eage of us ; and the thir*g is new^ unto us. 

37 But they had wilfully forgotten, that in the life 
time of Fulton, they bad oiTeied him forty thousand" 
pieces of gold, if he would bring ttiese torpedoes into 
practice in their own country, that they might use them 
against the Gauls,* with wnom they waned outinu- 
''% ,• ■ — ■ -^ — — ™- — - — ,. , . ^^ 

* This was ab(mi iJio Umt ^^f'^ Uouhgncfotilla. 



READER. 1^7 

ally for more than twePxty years : Ilowbeit tliey prove^l 
iaithless to Fulton, and so he did it not for them. 
' 38 Moreover, it came to pass, that a certain man, a 
pilot, even Joshua, sir-namt^d Penny, became a victim 
of thoi»- ■jpite, because he attempted to p-o r.crainst them 
with the torpedoes to drive them out of the waters of 
Cohimbia. 

39 Now Joshua lived at a place called East Hamp- 
ton, being at the east end of Long Island, near Gard- 
ner's Island, opposite Netv London. 

40 And the men of Britai . ^an-ie to his house in the 
night, and stole him away, even out of his bed, and car- 
ried him on board a vessel of the kin^, called the Ra- 
milies, from whence he was conveyed to Halifax, in the 
province 6lR|s^ova Scotia. 

4 Now \yhile Joshua remained in the dungeons ot 
the king he was treated vs^ith the inhospitality of barba- 
rian? ; moreover, they strove to lead b-im astray : but 
he proved faithful to his God and to his country ; for 
he had known the wickedness of Britain in times 
past.* 

43 However, they kept him in bondage many 
months, after v/hich they suffered him to go to his owa 
country. 

-43 For the chief governor of the land of Columbfaf-^- 
andthepreat" Saiihedriin, ia their wlsJam, had orderecf. 



* Josliua l\miy had heeny jtrevions to the war, im^- 
^pressed in the Britisk ^eri'ice, an-^ kefi in ii ct ?mmher 



1^8 HISTORICAL 

two, of the servants of the king to be taken and held as 
bostaj^es for his safe return ; and, but for this thing, 
tliey wouhi have hanged ]jim, even as a man hangeth a 



READtR, ii)i) 



CHAP. LI. 



Affairs in and ahoid New-York^ the Jirst commercial 
city in America — -znorking on the fortijicaiions of 
Brooklyn and Ilacrlem — capture of the British 
tender Lugle, hy the Yankee smack. 



N. 



OW, as good sometimes cometh out of evil, so 
the people of ISew-York, a great city, which licih at 
the mouth of the river Hudson, nigh the sea coast, and 
coutainetli more than an hundred thousand souls, 

2 When tli€y beheld the wickedness that was com- 
mhted by the servants of the king, to tlie south and 
round about, began to besur theraselvesj and prepare 
for the dangers with which they were likely to be en- 
compassed : 

3 So it came to pass, that the liusbandmen from the 
surrounding country gathered together, and pitched 
their tents hard by the ciry. 

4 And the number that came to the defence of the 
place was about thirty thousand valiant m.en ; moreover 
there were about five thousand husbandmen froa^ tht^ 
state of Ne\y- Jersey,* 



* The exertions of Daniel D. Thompkins^ governor 
of the state of N. Yo7'k, at this time, trill lon^ be re* 
Tk^nbered by the people. 



2^*0 HISTORICAL 

5 Now these men were called Jersey Blue?, and 
ihe^ were encamped partly at Pauies Hook, and part- 
ly at a place called tlie Narrows, which lieth to the 
.ioulh of the city about an hundred furlongs, where the 
destroying engines were ])l3ced in muhitudes. 

G And when the term of the ehgagement of these 
men of Jersey expired, they grieved only that their 
lime was spent for nought ; for they were ready and 
well prepared to meet the servants of the king. 

7 Neverth"cless, it was so that the freemen who came 
to tiie defence of the city, built strong holds and forts, 
aiid raised up fortifications in abundance, inasmuch as 
tlie whole phice was as it were one camp. 

8 I^loreover, on tke .tenth day of the ci^^dj^ month, 
in the eighteen hundred and fourteenth yeaf^lme inhabi- 
tants assembled together in the ir.idst of the city, cveii 
ia a place called the Park, where the Federal Hall, a 
su])erb euihCe, rears its niEyestic front; within the walls 
of which the wise men, the expounders of the law, 
preside, and deliberate for the benefit of the people. 

9 Now it was about the twelfth hour of the day 
wlien the people began to gather themselves together; 
^lud, fr(.m the poroii of the hall, the aged Y/illet,* with 
the sUir-opanj.':levi bainier of Columbia waving over 
his ■siUary liead, adJiessed the surrounding multitudec 

U) Ana ti.e people shouted with a loud voice, for 
the words of his mouth were pleasant to the sons of 
Lil)crty, and were in this wise r 



* Col Wilktyof Nciv-YorL 



READER. 20i 

11 Lo 1 three score and ibarteen years liave brought 
with them theii' bodily infirmities ; but were my strength 
as unimpaired as my love for my country, and that 
soul which still animates me, ye would not have found 
ine in the forum, but in the midst of liie battle, figiit- 
ing ajrainsi the enemies of freedom. 
''" 12/rhus did he encourage the people to prop&rr. 
'themselves for the protection of the city. 

13 Antl certain wise men were appoin?sd by the 
people to bring these things into operation.* 

14 So the people began to fortify themselves and 
entrench the high places round a'^out the city. 

15 And wiien they went out in its defence, to biiili 
their str(^^iolds and to rai?e up their battlements : 
lo ! the miP boats of Fulton r on veyed theJii thither, 
about a thousand at a time, ever' tc>v-'ird3 the heights of 
Brooklyn in the. east, and the heights of Ilaerlem in ilic. 
north. 

16 The young and the old, the nch and the pcoi , 
went out together ; and took with them their bread and 
then- wine ; and, east up the earth for the defence of 
tie place, freely, and without cost to the sfate.t 

If And when they went into the boats to cross over 
the river, there M^as loud shouting in the boats and ow 
the shore. 



* Co7n7nittc€ of s&fetVj cowposcd of flie Aldermen 
of the clty^ ami their assistants. 

t The serfices I'endered on this occasion^ hy that re* 
spedailc class of citizens^ the iirejien of new- 
yoRKy werepqrtif-uhjrhj coiispirucyi:.:. 
9. 



2m HISTORICAL 

18 Moreover, as they passed along up the Hudson^ 
towards the heights of Haerlenij the fair daughters of 
Coiumbia, with hearts glowing with patriotism, waved 
their lily hands in token of applause. 

19 Likewise, bands of men came from the neigh- 
bourhood round about ; even from Newark, and Pat- 
terson, and Failles Hook, which lie in the state of New- 
Jersey. 

20 Tliey had also captains appointed over their 
bands ; and Abraham and David were two among the 
captains.* 

21 Now Abraham, with his band, came a great wayj 
even from the town of Patterson, where the wonderful 
waterfalls pour headlong over the rocky m(^|^ains, re- 
flecting in the sun a thousan4 brilliant raihbo#s. 

22 Thus for an hundred days did the people of New- 
York prepare themselves for danger, and cast up en- 
trenchments for many furlengs round about the city ; 
so that the people of Britain were afraid to go against it.f 



* Major Godwin and Major Hunt. 

t So great was the enthusiasm of the people in con-- 
t/^buting their personal services to the erectioji of for- 
tifications on the heights of Haerlem and Brooklynj 
that sccrcely could an individual be found in the po- 
pidous city of New-York, from hom^y age to tender 
youthy capable (f using a mattock or a spade, ivho did 
not vohmtcer his services in this zcork of patriotism. 
Even the Ladies itere conspicuous in aiding and 
Qhecring the labours of their Fathers, their IhfsbandSy 
their Fyrothcrs, and their Children. Amongst others, 
the numeroi:!^ societies of Freemasons joined in a body, 
and headed by their Grand-Master,* tvho ivas also 

^ HojfDe WiM ClinloD, now governor of the state of NeTt- York. , 



READER. 203 

23 Nevertheless the strong ships of war oi Britain 
moved upon the waters of the ocean around the pIao3 
in numbers, but they were afraid to approa-ch the city ; 
olbr when they came nid), tlie men of Columbia let Xlie 
■aasii-oylug engines b^?e lU^'^a them^ even thoi;G th;it 



Mayor of the city ^proceeded to Brooklyn, and assist- 
ed very spiritedly in its defence. On this occasion 
a?i elderly gentleman^ one of the order, ivho had two 
sons (his only children) in the service of his country, 
one of tliera highly distinguished during the ivar for 
his wounds and his bravery, sung thefoUoicing stanzas, 
in his own character of Mason and Father^ ichilst the 
Lodges loere at refreshment : 

" .A 

Hail, ^^^Hpi^ of light ! whom the Cliarities send, 
Where the bloodhounds of Britain are shortly ^^ 
pec ted ; 
Who, your country, your wives, your firesides to defend^ 
Ou the summit of Bnjokiyn have ramparts erected : 
Firm and true to the trade, 
Continue your aid, 
Till the top-stone with shouting triumphant Is laid ; 
The free and accepted will never despair. 
Led on by their v/ortiiy Grand Master and Mayor. 

II. 
For me, whose dismissal must shortly arrive. 

To Heav'n I prefer this my fervent petition : 
''* May I never America's freedom survive, 

^' Nor behold her disgraced by a sh '.mefui submission j 
'• And, though righteously steel'd, 
••' If at last she must yield, 
''' May my sous do their duty, and die in the field :'* 
But tlie free and accepted v/ill never despair. 
Led on b\- their v/ orlhy Grand Master aiid Mavon 



1^04 niSTOllICAL 

vomited forth whizzing balls, like shooting stars, red 
from the fiery furnace. 

24 Notwithstanding, the haughty captains of the 
ghips of Britain would send in their boats to rob !he 
aaarket-men and the fishermen ; liowbeit, they were 
sometimes entrapped. 

25 For it cao:ie to pass, upon ascertain day, that the 
Poictiers, a mighty ship of the king, lying at a place 
called Sandy- Hook, sent out one of her tenders, even 

,the Eagle, in search of tins kind of plunder : 
' 26 Whereupon, a fishing boat of Columbia, called 
the Yankee, under the direction of a clilef captain 
called Lewis,* prepared herself with a niiniber of men 
to entrap the Eagle. ,^11^ 

27 So they took a fatted calf, a bleadHpJmb, and 
' noisy goose, and placed them upon the deck of the 
brat ; and when the servants of the king car^e nigh 
the Yankee, thinking ihey were about to be treated 
handsomely with the good things of t'he land of Co^ 
iumbia, their hearts w^ere rejoiced ;5 

28 And they commanded the vessel called the Yan- 
kee to follow after them, towards the ship of the king, 
their master ; but at this moment the men of Columbia 
arose up from their hiding-places in the hold of the 
boat, and shot into the vessel of Britain. 

29 At the sound of which they were so astonished, 
that they forgot to put the match to the black dust of 



* Commodore Lewis, commander of the flotilla in 
the harbor of New.York — Sailing-master Ferdvcd 
gallantly conducted this cxjieditian. 



READFR. 205 

4lie'hiige howitzer, a destructive engine made of brass, 
which they had prepared to destroy the men of Cokim- 
bia. 

30 So they were confused, and surrendered the Ea- 
gle u[) to the Yankee. 

31 And as they came up to the city, before the Bat- 
tery, which is a beautiful place to the south thereof, the 
thous;naus who were assembled tliere, to celebrate the 
Colunibiun Jubilee,* rent the air with load shouts of 
iov. Whilst t!ie roarins: engines echoed to the skies. 

^3 2 Thus \v:i--. tli!^ hv'u'^ preserved, and the pi-oud and 
.cunning men of Britain outwitted with a iluted calfan^ 
a Yankee goose. 



dnicri'iaii IruJrjjendi'ni 



h ^ 



:o6 msTOBic:\L 



X^HAP. LIL 



Affairs Qn the -ocean.' — privaicey Prlnae of NcufcJtU" 
tel — Marquis of Tweeddle defeated in Upper Cana- 
da Capture of the President— loss of 'the Si/Ipk 

— Capture of th^ Cyane and the "Levant by the Con- 
stitution-^'Captare of the St. Lawrence — rapture 
of the Fengivin by the Hornet^ eapialu I>ld:Ue. 



li^TILL there vvas no peace, and the cvfls of war 
•i^ontinued on the face of the deep, and tlie waters 
thereof were encrimsoned with the blood of man. 

2 And it came to pass, en the eleveilili ^^y oi tlie 
-tenth month, in the eigliteen hundred and fomtceiith 
yeaVj that there was a sore battle fought between fiwe 
barges from the Endymion, a strong ship of the king,, 
^nd a privateer, called the Piince of Neufchatel, com- 
manded by the valiant Ordonneaux, a man of Gaul. 

3 Moreover, the number of the men of Britain 
were threefold greater than the people of Columbia 5 
and the fight happened near unto a place calkd Nan-= 
tucket, in the east, journeying towards Boston, 

4 Now they sat their engines to work with dreadful 
violence 5 but m about the third part of an hour the 
barges of the king's ship were overcome ; and more 
%^ t^ee score an4 t^n of tiie mea of Biitain were 



READER. 2(h 

^slain ana mauiied : the loss m the privateer was si:. 
slain, and about a score wounrled. 

5 Now tiiis battle happened in the snrno m:;nth'iH 
which moi-e than a thousand men of ilie '.varriors ol 
Britain, commanded by the Marquis of TweeJalc. 
were defeated at Black Creek, ia Upper Canada, and 
driven to their strong holds by the men of Coksmbiu, 
under the gallant Bissei.* 

6 Ten days after which the steam frigate, Fidtoii 
the First, was launched fortli into the waters at New- 
York. 

7 And itcame to pass, on tlie fifteenth day of iW: 
Tu'st month of the next year, that one of the 1a]] sliips 
of Colur^feia fell into the hands of the servanls of the 
king; - 

8 And sfie was called the President, after the tick 
of the chief magistrate of the land of Cohintbia: mor^?- 
over, she was commanded by the gallant Decatur, 

9 Who, but for an accident tliat befel his ship the day 
before.^ whilst he was moving oLrt of tlie harbor of 
New-York, woittd have oirtsailed the fleet of Britain, and 

-escaped, as did the brave and persevering Hitll, of the 
Cimstit«ticn, in the first year of the war4 

10 r^vertheless, it was so, that Decatr.r was, as it 
w<*"e, surrounded by the ships of the king, even fi^e 



* Gen. Bissei. 

t She was injured by grounding off Sandy JIooJc. 

X Commodore Hull, in this affair , gained much ap- 
j^Iause^for his manxuvres in esca^ingfrom the Briiisli 
JceL 



:m HISTORICAL 

of ihcai ; so oiio of the vessels^ called the Endymion 
foH upon hirn, and Decatur fought hard agahist her, and 
H j:i!u iiave taken her ; 

1 1 B-cii the rest of the strong slilps came down upon 
hiiiL. iivA opened theh' thundering engines, and com- 
pelled hr.Ti to surrender his ship to the fleet of Britain. 

VZ lio we vcr, it was a bloody (iglu ; and there fell 
of ihe mjPx of Cohimbia that day twenty and four that 
V7er.; slain oatright, and about two score and ten were 
i.\.".i.:;:-d, afier having kept the d-estroying engines to 
iroi k aboui the space of throe hours : howbeit^ Decatur 
i&M i:ri h^^nor tliercby. 

'3 Two days after this., a strong vessel of the king, 
'••nii'jc 'die Sylpli, was cust away, in a dregful storm, 
at a [dace called Soutliampton, being on'^fTOng-Island, 
wiiere more thaa an hundred men of Britain perished, 
in t lie dead of the night : and the v.essel paited asunder 
and was lost. 

14 j^.Loreover, there were sis of the men of Britain 
who survived their brethren, and were preserved m\ 
pieces of the vvreck, until the next day, when tlie 
^leighbouring people took them into their houses aiid 
nourished thera ; 

15 And, when they were sufficiently recovered, that 
misfortune might not bear t »o heavy upon them, they 
were rlad, and silver given to ti-.em, and they were 
sent to their own country, at the expense of the people 
of Columbia. 

16 (Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain 
mercy, saith the scripture.) 

17 Now it came to pass, in these C^Tiyi^ whilst ti.e 
^eet of Britain captured the vessels of Columbia, w-ioa 



READER. i20^ 

they caiiglit tliem singly upon the ocean, that the single 
ships oi' Columbia began to capture the ships of Britaia 
by pairs : 

18 Inasmuch as it happened -on the twentieth day 
©f the second month of the same year, that a certain - 
Strong vessel called the Constitution, commanded by 
the brave Stewart, fell iu with two of the strong ships 
of the king, and compelled them both, in the space of 
forty minutes, to strike the red cross of Britain to the 
stars of Columbia. 

19 And the siain ^nd wounded of the king's ships 
were seventy and seven; of the men of Columbia 
three were slain and twelve maimed t and the names 
4)( the ve^ls of Britain were the Cyane and the Le- 
vant ; buffhe Levant was retaken in a neutral port,* 
by two strong ships of the king.t 

20 Now the valiant Stewart and his brave men gj^ 
great praise for their deeds, even the great Sanhedrim 
of the people honored them, and gave them twentj 
thousand pieces of silver. 

21 In the same month the gallant Boyle, command- 
ing the privateer Chasseur, captured the St. Lawrence, 
a fighting vessel of the king, in the fourth part of an 
hour. 

22 And the killed and wounded of the St. Law- 
rence were thiity and eight ; and the Chasseur had five 
slain and eiglit maimed. -^j, 

23 Moreover, it came to pass, on the twenty-third 
dav of the next month, that another fiehtiiig vessel of 



* PoriG Prai'cir. f. Acada and Ncwca^f^:^ 



210 HISTORICAL 

the \ilng, called the Penguin, was taken by the Hornet, 
a strong vessel of Columbia, commanded by a man of 
valor, whose sir-name was Biddle. 

24 However, ihe battle was a bloody one, and the 
vessels kept their engines of destruction fiercely in 
motion, for about the space of half an hour before 
the flag of Britain was lowered to the stripes of Colum- 
bia. 

25 And the slaughter was great ; for there fell of 
the men of Britain two score and one : but the slain of 
Columbia was only one, and the maimed were eleven. 

26 And Biddle was honored greatly for his cou- 
rage : 

27 But this was the last sea-fight of importance, be- 
ing near the close of the war. 

28 Now about this time the navy of Columbia had 
increased more than fourfold, and the fame thereof had 
extended to all nations. 

,29 For, though Columbia was young, even as it 
were in the gristle of her youth j yet she now began 
to resume the appearancej and display the vigor of 
;nanhood. 



REAPER. 2U 



CHAP. LtlL 

British fieet arrives near New-0rha7is—~-thc Ameri^ 
can flotilla captured— —attar !:s hy the Briiish upon 
the army of Gen. Jackson^ 



N. 



OW, when the lords and the counsellors, and the 
wise men of Britain, heard of all the tribulations that 
befel them in the land of Columbia, they were troubled 
in their minds. 

2 And as they had made what they called a demon- 
stration at Baltimore, they bethought themselves of ma- 
king another demonstration in the south. 

3 (Now the true signification, in the vernacular 
tongue, of the word demonstration, had slways been 
familiar to the children of Columbia j but the new in- 
terpretation, althoit^h it wounded the pride of Britain, 
tickled the sons of Columbia ; for, as the world must 
think to this day, so they could only construe it, an oc- 
ular demonstration of British folly.) 

4 So it came to pass, that they gathered together 
their army and their navy, even two score and ten 
figliiing vessels, carrying therein about twenty thousand 
men of war; and the name of the chief captain of the 
navy was Cochrane; and the chief captains of the 
arm^r were Fakenhan?, Gibbs, and Keane, 



"12 HISTORICAL 

5 And tliey essayed to go against the city of New- 
OileanSj which lleth to the south, on the borders of thti 
great river Mississippi, in the state of Louisiana, which 
was covenanted in good faith, to the United States m 
Uie days when Jefferson presided rs chief governor of 
:he land of Columbia. 

6 Bat it came to pass, tliat Jackson, wlien he had 
returned from the capture of Fensacola, where he cork- 
ed up the bottles of iniquity that were ready to be emp- 
ried out upon the men of Columbia, 

7 Had arrived with his army at New-Orleans, he 
l>egan to fortify the place, for he heard it noised abroad 
that the king was b^^nt upon taking tlie city. 

S About this time, Jackson conimuried with Clai- 
borne the governor, touching the matter ; "and as his 
m^m of war v/ere but few, the valiant husbandmen of 
Lollii^iana, Tennessee, Kintucky, and the Mississippi 
Territory, were informed of the evil, and accordingly 
tiiey Hocked in multitudes to the banners of Jackson. 

9 iNovv, as Jackson and Claiborne had counted 
npon the arrival of the strong ships of Britain, so it 
happened, in the latter part of the eighteen hundred and 
iOLi'tthenth year, that they made their appearance, even 
in the twelfth month of the year, 

10 And it was so, that when they had come as nigh . 
as they could unto the city with their heavy ships, some 
of which carried an hundred of the destroying engiacs, 
they cast anchor : 

11 And lo, after having passed a cei^taia dangerous 
place calleil Pass Christian, thy prepared their boats, 
co'Hain'in.: n\cr^ tijan a thousand men, and sent them 



READER. 213. 

in gxear numbers against the boats of Columbia that 
were upon. the waters of tlie lakes about the city.* 

12 Now these small vessels of Columbia were com- 
manded by Thomas, a brave man, whose sir-name was 
Jones, and he gave them hindrance. 

13 Nevertheless, in the space of about two hours, 
the boats of Columbia were captured by the vessels of 
Britain, one after another, until they were all taken : 
iioweyer, the mariners of Columbia fought well, and 
•: Miied great praise ; and the loss, of the king was 
■iboat three hundied. 

14 Now the capture of the gun-boats of the I'liited 
States upon these waters encouraged the servants of ihi^ 
king, so they began to land their mighty army upon the 
shores oi Columbia in great multitudes from their boats 

. 1 ") \nd they pitched their tents, and cast up fortifi- 
ations, and prepared to assail the strong hold of Jack- 
son, ihe chief captain. 

16 And, that the host of Britain might be discom- 
lited at the onset, Jackson went out with his iirmy 
:i::.in':t tliein ; but the men of war of the liing were 
iv> oibld greater than the men of Columbia, so Jackson 
\va;> unable to chive tliem away. 

17 However, he fought bravely against them, and 
iilew numbers of them ; albeit, the slain and maimed 
of Columbia were about two hundred; so Jackson 
drew back to Ijis eutrenchmesUs, and strengthened him- 
self t:. ere. 



■' hahes Borgne and Vohcliar train, 
T 



214 HISTORICAL 

18 Now this happened on the twenty and third- day 
of the twefth month, in the eighteen hundred and four"-- 
tfeenth yeai*. 

1-9 And it came to pass, on the twenty-seventh day 
of the sanje month, that a^ fighting vessel of the United- 
States, called the Caroline, commanded by DanieJ, was 
set fire to, and blo^ya up, by tiie heated balls of the 
liing's fiery furnace. 

20 On the next dfi}^, the whole iiosc of Britain gather- 
od themselves togetlier, and with their might went 
against the strong hold of Jackson. 

21 But Jackson let tlie destroying engines loose upon 
the servants of Britain, and compell-ed them to return 
to their encampments with great loss, even an hundred 
and two score. 

22 Nevertheless^, on the first day of the first month 
of the eighteen hundred and fifteenth year, the men of 
war of Britain came again, and strove to dislodge the 
army of Jackson ; but again they were deceived, and 
lost about an hundred men. 

23 At this time there arrived to the aid of Jackson 
about two tliousand five hundred valiant men, from the 
backs-woods of Kentucky. 

24 Disappointed in their expectations, and failing in 
their attempts to discomfit the army of Columbia, the 
captains and the host of Britain arrayed themselves in 
their might to go against the hold of Jackson v/ith their 

whole fOKGQ. 

25 And the morning of tlie eighth day of the month 
was pitched upon, by the men of Britain, for conquering 
the host of Columbia, and settling themselvgs in th^ 
iaiidof liberty. 



DEADER. ^ Z;l& 

26 So they prepared themselves with tlieir fascines^ 
and thek scaling ladders, and their bombs, and theii 
rockets, and all the weaporiv^^ of destruction that the in- 
genuity ol' Britain coiild invent. 

27 After vhicli Pakenhaio, tlie ciiif'f civptain of the 
■host of the king, spake to the oTficers and tlic men of 
war that were under him, saying, 

28 Be ye prepared ; for, lo ! to-mortow, at the dawn- 
ing of the day, our mi^ty squadrons shall rush upon 
these Yankees, and destroy them. 

29 Here will we. establish ourselves upon the borders 
of Columbia ; and ye shall be officers, tythemen, and 
tax-gatherers, under the king, your master : 

*"0 Moreover, a day and a night shall ye plunder and 
jriot: and your watch- word shaiJ be, BEAUTY AND 
BOCiTY? 



216 HISTORICAL 

CHAP. LIV, 
Granci Battle of Ncw-Orkam,. 



X^ OVv^ rakenham, ibe chief captain oi the host of 
Britain, made an end of addressing the officers and the 
soldiers of the king : 

2 And it carae to pass, in the one thousand eight 
hundred aud fifteenth year of the Christain era, in 
the first month of the year, and on the eighth day O'f 
the month, 

3 Being on the Sabbath day, (which, as it is written 
ill (iii- stri|iti:res, Thou shalt reme-uber and keep 

B.OLY;) 

1 11. at thf* mjgluy army of the king, which had 
HiGVf'd Oil of the strong ships of Britain, came, in their 
strength, to make conquest of the territory of Colum- 
■bill, whicii lieth to the south ; 

» And to place therein a princely ruler, and all man- 
ner of oilicers, the servants of the king, even unto a tax- 
gatherer. 

6 So, early in the morning, they appeared before the 
camp of the men of Columbia, even the strong hald 
which Jackson, the chief captain, had fortified. 

7 Their polished steels, of fine workmanship, glit- 
tered in the sun, and the movement of their squadrons 
was as the waving of a wheat-field, when the south 
wind passeth gently over itc 



ftEADEB. nj 

"S IFhe fierceness of their coming was as the coraiog 
%f a thousand untamed lions, v/hich move majestically 
©ver the sandy deserts of Arabia. 

9 And the army rested- upon-t4ie the plains of Mac 
Prardie^, nigh unto the cypress swamp, being distant 
from the city about forty and eight furlnngs. 

iO And it was -about the rising of the sun, when- the 
Ibattering'irams of the king began to utter their noises 5 
and ,the .^ound thereof was terrible ,as the roaring of 
lions, or the voice of many thunders. 

lil Moreover^ they cast forth bombs, and Congieve 
•isockets, weapons of .destruction, wiiicii were not known 
in the days of Jehoshaphat. 

12 Nevertheless, the soul of Jackson failed him aiot, 
sneither was he dismayed, for he was entrenchea round 
;aboutL; and when he .raised his hand, iie held every 
•Kian's heart thereiii. 

'i3~ And Jackson spake, and said unto his Cn|jiains 
df fifties, and 'his captauis of hundreds. Fear nut 5 .we 
defend our lives and our liberty, and in that thing tiie 
Lord .will not forsake us :: 

14 I'herefore, let every man be upon his watch.; and 
let the destrc:yii!g.ep.gkes now, utter forth ibeir thunders 
in abundance -,: 

i5 And ye cujtnkg'bax:k-we3dsmeri,'who' ha.ve kaowa 
aiily to hunt- ill e squirrel, the wolf, and .the deer, now 
pour forth y ur strangth upon tjie xiiigiity hoji; lUo." ifi 
ma.y not be overcome.. 

'iG And.as the ^black iduot ^-cast- upon a uui.hagcaa! 
fjri&tantly mounteth inio a flame, -so was the spirit of .the 
ftusbandmen of llie backwoods of lOolunibia. 

:r ^••- V" ^h^j brave .men from T^.\mossse .aasi.:.KdJ^- 
X 2 • 



2IS HISTOBICAL 

tucky set their shining rifles to work, and the destrcry- 
ing engines began to vomit their thunders upon the ser- 
vants of the king. 

18 Twice did the host of Britain, in solid cohmmSy 
uome against the entrenchments of Jackson, and twice 
he drove them back. 

19 Moreover, Daniel the brave, who had raised up 
defences upon the banks of the river, likewise let his 
engines loose upon them, and shot into the camp of the 
king. 

-^20 And the men of Britain strove to scale the ram- 
parts, and get into the string hold of Jackson ; but the 
husbandmen drove them back with great slaughter. 

21 The fire and the smoke, and the deafning noise 
that sounded along the battlements, were tremendous 
for more than the space of two hours, when the dread- 
4u\ roarings ceased, for the warriors of the king fled in 
confusion. 
'22 But when the sulphureous vapors arose, behold 
"the battle-ground was covered with the slain and the 
wounded officers and soldiers of the kingdom of Great 
l^ritain I 

23 Humanity shuddered at the awful ^cene, whilst 
Hthe green fields blushed. 

24 Seven hundred oT the servants of the king were 
slain; and their whole loss that day was two thousand 
six hundred valiant men, who had fought under Wei- 
fingtoo, the champion of England^ 

25 And Pakenham, the chief captain qf the host 
of Britain, the brother-in-law of Wellington, was 
amongst the slain ; and they served his body as they 
liad served the body of Ross, their chief captain at 



READER. 219 

(ue-B<Lltimore demoiistrationj preserving it, in like maii- 
ner, wkh the strong waters of Jamaica. 

26 '"'loreover, one of their chief captains, whose sir- 
iianie was Gibfcs^ was also slain, and Keane was sorely 
woiiuiled : so that the charge of the liost of Britain 
that remained from the slaughter, fell to a certain man 
■whose name was Lambert. 

27 The loss of the army of Jackson was onl}^ se_ 
yen slain and seven maimed, a circumstance anparalleL 
i:d in the annals of histor}' : howbeit, there were about 
vwo score slain and wounded upon the other side of the 
river. 

28 Novr the whole loss of the king's army, from the 
time they came against the country of Louisiana until 
tlicir departure, was about five thousand. 

29 Afier this tliey were discouraged, ibr there was 
but a faint hope left for them ;■ so they departed, and 
went into the strong ships of the king, with their chief 
captain in high spirits. 

50 It is written in the book of Solomon, that a fool 
laugheth at his own folly : now the men of Britain 
were not inclined to laugh, for they were sorely griev- 
ed ; and, but for the fear of the laughter of others, 
■W'Ould have wept outright. 

51 And Jackson, the chief captain of the host of 
Columbia, gave great praise to the gallant Coffee, and 
Carrol, and Daniel, whose sirname was Patterson, 
and ail the valicuit men who fought on that glorious day. 

52 Moreover, Jackson was honored with great ho- 
nour by the people throughout the land of Columbia 5 
even the great Sanhedrim were pleased with him, aQi 

•exalted his name. 



■220 HiSTORICAL 

33 And the inhabitants of New-Orleens were great' 
fy rejoiced, and carried him through the streets of the 
(tity above the rest ; and the virgins of Columbia strew 
e.d !his path with roses,. 

.34 For, lo ! he hati defended them from the vio- 
{leRGe of savages, who came in seareh oi heauty anti 
Ihooiy'} 

.35 And when the womided of the host of Britain^ 
-XV ere brought into the city, the fair daughters of Colum- 
Ibia luok their fine linen and bound up the wounds vO;f 
>.i!:h: |;oor fainting officers and soldiers of the king, and 
.s?.r .:recud>and wine before them, to cheer their drooping 
-.sj^irits 

,3 (r How again were the servants of the king disap- 
ipoiiited ; for,, as they were sent upon an .evil., as well as 
:a. foolish errand, they expected not mercy. 

37 A nd w'henthey ^saw the goodness that was shower- 
^ed upon them, they said. Surely ye are angels sent dowfi 
from iieaven to ricalthe wounds inflicted by the folly ot 
.illations!! 

.38 And should we againlbe led on to battle against 
your countryj with propositions to violate your happi- 
siess, our swords, as by magic, shall be stayed, and drojp 
:iiwrml?ss.at the feet of vjrtue and beauty ? 



MADER. 221 



CHAP. LY. 

"Peace. 



j\ OW after the fleet of Britain had departed from 
New-Orleans in dismay, they committed many other 
depredations of a petty nature. 

2 In the mean time, Cockburn, the wicked, was busi« 
ly employed in what his heart delighted ; inasmuch as 
he carried the men of Britain against the borders of 
South Carolina and Georgia, and continued his system 
of robbery. 

3 And here, with the strong ships of Britain, he cap- 
tured a town called St. Marys, in the state of Georgia 
and, among other evils, he stole away the sable sons of 
Ethiopia. 

4 And conveyed them to the island of Bermuda, 
of which the king had made him chief governor, and 
sold them, after promising them liberty and free- 
dom. 

5 However, it came to pass about this time, that 
the news of peace being made between the nations arri- 
ved in tlie land of CoIuraljJa, 

6 For it had happened that the great Sanhedrim in 
ili'Ar uii Jom, had sent out lienry, sirnamed Clay, and 



222 HISTOBICAL. 

Russel, two wise men, called, in the vernacular tongue^ 
commissioners, to join themselves with Bayard and 
Gallatin, who were sent before them, to try and make 
peace : 

7 For the voice of the people of Columbia had spo- 
ken peace from the beginning ; they wished war might 
cease, and that the breach between the nations might be 
bealed. 

8 In the mean time the king sent some of his wise 
men to meet the wise men of Columbia, at a place 
called Ghent, a town a great way off, in the country of 
FJanders ; 

9 For it came to pa«s, that the generous mediation 
offered by the emperor of Russia was refused by the 
council of Britain, who had not yielded to the voice of . 
accommodation. . 

10 So, when the ministers of the two nations were 
tnet, they communed a long time with one another, 

"touching the matter ; 

11 But the ministers of Britain raised up difficul- 
ties, and demanded certain foolish terms, which, in the 
Latin tongue, were written sine. qua non, and which 
being translated into the Yankee tongue, might be said 
te mean neck or nothing. 

12 Nevertheless, in process of time, the wise mea 
cf Britain waved tl»eir demands, and agreed to the 
sine qua nan given them by the commissioners of Co- 
Kimbia,. 

13 So a treaty &( peace was made and signed by the 
commissioners of both parties, on the twenty and 
il)wrth day of the twelfth month, of the one thousand 
.si- ht hundred and Jourteenth year oi the christian ^/^^ 



READER. . 225 

14 And the treaty was sent to England, and con- 
firmed by the Prince Regent, on tl^e twerfty-eigth day 
of the same month ; for he was tired of the war, and 
saw no hopes of conquering the sons of liberty. 

15 After which it was sent from Britain, across the 
the mighty deep, about three thousand miles, to receive 
the sanction of the free people of Columbia, 

16^ And the great Sanhedrim of the people examined 
the treaty, and it was accepted and confi>"med by tlieu) 
on the seventeenth day of tiic second month, in tlie 
eighteen hundred and fifteenth year. 

17 After which it was ratified and signed with the 
Imnd- writing of James, the chief governor of the land 
of Columbia, and published to the world. 

18 Thus was a stop put to the shedding of human 
blood ; and the noise of the destroying engines sunk 
down into silence, and every man returned to his awn^ 
home in peace. 

19 Now when it w^as known for a certainty that 
peace was made between the nations, the people^ 
throughout the land were rejoiced beyond measure. - 

20 And when the news thereof was spread abroad^ 
the temples of the Lord were opened,, and the people 
\^( Columbia praised God for his goodness ; yea, they 
thanked him that he had strengthened their arms, and 
delivered theiii from the paw of the Iron. 

21 Thus did the children of Columbia praise the 
Lord in the strength of their youth, and in the days 
of their p-rosperity ; not waiting tiU the cold and palsied 
hand of age had made them feeble, and robbed their 
prayers of half their virtue. 

2% Henceforth may the nations of the ec^rth learn 



224 HISTORICAL 

wisdom : then shall peace become triumphant, and tTie 
people of Columbia be at rest ; 

23 And, as it is written, their swords may bs beaten 
into ploughshares, and their spears turned into pruning- 
hooks. 

24 Bin, nevertheless, if this war, like all otiier warsv 
}>rou[^dit evil upon the sons of men, it demonstrated l 
the worlil, tiiat tlie people of Columbia wc-rc pihle to 
defend themselves, single-handed, against one ol' t>,e 

; lr/)i)<;e3t powers of" Europe. 

'?,"> And the mighty kings and potentates of (he 
earth shall learn, from this example of Republican 
iiatriotism, that tlie ])eople are the only "' legitimate 
.xfji-creigim'^ of the laud of Columbin. 

2(3 Now the gladness of tlie hearts of the people 
C'f Cckuiibia at the sound of peace, was extravagant , 
inasmuch as it caused them to let loose their destroying 
engines, that were now become harmless, and set in mo- 
tion ilieir loud pealing bells, that sounded along tlie 
spleuditl arch of heaven. 

J/ ?tloreover, they made great tires and illumina- 
tions in the niglit time, and light was spread over the 
face of the land ; 

23 And the beauty thereof was as if, from the blue 
<ir\'} S|>ang]ed vault of heaven, it had sliowered diamonds ; 

i':) And all the nations of the earth beheld the glory 
of Columbia. 

e;kd op the history op the late war. 



READER. 22a 



ALGEPJNS WAR. 

A'nierican sqvadron sails from New-York — arrives in 
the JMeditcrrrweor}., and captures the AJgerine 
vessels — irenfy nf pc^frp h-ilh the Dey — affairs at 
Tunis and Tripoli — Decatur's return to Araci'ica. 



OW it came to pass, timt while tfce war raged be- 
tween the jieopleof Columbia and the kingdom of Great 
Britain, other evils rose up in the east. 

2 For the people who inhabited the coast orBarbary^ 
even the Algerihes, committed great depredations upon 
the commerce of Colami)ia ; 

3 Inasmuch as they captured their merchant vessels, 
and heM the men of Columbia who wrought therein in 
cruel lo:ich;ge. 

4 Now these Algerines, who were barbarians, dwelt 
upon the borders of the great ^ea called the Mediterra- 
nean, in tlie way joniDeying towards the Garden of E 
dc.-i, Uie cradle of the world j even paradise, where stood 
t{:e tiee of good and evil,, and where the great river 
Euphtates emptieth it.s waters into the Gulph of Persia, 
wiiichlieth about six thf>usand six hundred and sixty-si^ 
miks to the east "of Washington, the thleC '-.i.y of fi*/- 



t2tr HISTORICAL 

5 Moreover, the waters of this great sea washed the 
shores of ancient Palestine, the holy land, the place 
of our forefathers, and the country of E^ypt, wherq- 
the children of Israel were held hi bondage forty 
years. 

6 Nevertheless, the manifold evils wliich thes^ 
bai'barians committed, by tlie iusfigation of Satan with? 
in them, or by being led astray by the enemies of Co.- 
lumbia, raised the voice of the great Sanhedrim again^ 
Uiem. 

T For they had violated the treaty which the people 
of Columbia had made with them in good fuith;, and set 
• ij at nought. 

8 INow it had# curiously liappened, that through 
fear or folly all the nations of the earth had aiwa_ys 
accustomed themselves to pay tribute to these barba- 
rians ; 

9 But tlie people of Columbia were the first to break 
the charm, witii their brave captains and their destroy- 
ing engines, many years ago.* 

10 ilovvbeit, they were now again coiiipelled to go 
against them, and strive to bring them to a sense of just-? 
tioe^if not by persuasion, by communications *trom tite 
3&iouths of their destroying engines. 

i i So it came to pass, on the third day of the third 
month, in the one thousand eight hundred and Ufteeuth 
vear of the Christiuu era, 



* Alluding to the war against the Barhary ^owefs^. 



REAnra. TZl 

\^ That tSe'grra'r SanlK^'Irim of t'.ie people Bmt forth 
■a (Vcrpf, rm^cl'T: war upon th^ people of Algier?, 
■uho were nilr-d by a man whom tiicy Galled the 

13 After w'i'c'i. t\v'. ;V<'t of Crliirr^b'n, w';ir;i h^\ 
been increased by the folly of Britain, was prepared to 
go against them ; and the gallant Decatur was made 
chief captain thereof. 

14 The number of tii€ strong vessels was about 
half a score, and the names of the mightiest amongst 
them were called the Guerriere, the Macedonian, and 
the Constellation. 

15 Now the nam© of the first of these tall ships 
was after a strong ship of the king of Britain, which 
was taken by the brave Hull, and burnt upon the wa* 
ters ; and the Macedonian was also taken from Britain 
by Stephen, sir-named Decatur : 

16 And when they came into the waters of Europe, 
the men of Britain* gnashed their teeth with vexation, 
neither would they behold them, but they turned their 
backs, for their pride was wounded, whilst the surround- 
ing nation;? beheld the fleet with astonishment. 

17 Now it was on the eighteenth day of the fifth 
month, in the same year, in the after part of the day, 
that the fleet of Colmmbia spread their wings to the 
western breeze, and sailed from the haven of New 
York ; 

18 And, with Decatm*, the chief captain, in the 
Guerriere, they bade farewell to the land of Columbia ; 

. • M Gibraltar, S;'c). 



^■2-5 HISTORICAL 

and the sliouts of the people made the welkin rhig, 
and thcii- blessings followed after them. 

19 And it came to pass, \viiea Decatiir with the Heef. 
©f Columbia^ arrived in llie »,vaters of the JMedHerraneaa 

20 That he fell in with one e^f the strongest fightiag; 
ships of these barbarlaiiSj called^ the Misoda^ aad' he foi^ 
lowed afker her^ and m less than the space of half aa 
iiQW atler letfeg his desirojiag eugines loose upon her, 

!:■:;: took h'^f €t?pt:Tf'^ rnui hvs' hmdrtrd sisea thil vsrere ia 

"^lii'i^m was tlieii' cli^Ief cn^pfai», ^5rllo:'2I thp'r c^lhd Mc6s 
iiaLDsmida; besides ma!:ij -i^^e^e \Tt^^'::ju^r-Jj, atid s^bou; 
;:a;ir laam^sired piks^^er-o v\-Ci:^. tskes : h^M iiecalur had 

. 2'.^ 1 : jaec^er^ oai t&e secoad daj alterwardSj tlse fieet 
n>f €€4:--!iiis£^ia cffptuHiM aj£(StIi€r %lj^g vessel of tkt 

.\':i tke ttl&m tlosit were foBEd oubcBardj, besng 

2ar^i:a!5^":i^j, w^s^ tmfc-s^j ssd tliiec^ aiid the prisoniers were 
iiM.r sr-^re : feowl^ell, slat'iie wete msne ef tfee people ol 
Colombia eyeR maissseiL Tlssjs was tlie ea^y of ColnEabl^ 
li-imajifeajit In the east, as li; h&d been m the W€SL 

24 f^ow the&e tMaigs lisppejsed mgh. unto a place 
cslisd Carilia^eaa, oa tlie borders of Spaia | smd whea, 
tfie Spaniards beheld the skill and pmivess of Ihe peo- 
ple of Colimibia, tliey were araaied; 

25 ImmeSsitely after tMs, Decatsir departed^ and 
went witb his ficet to the port of Algiers, the chief cky 
oi the barhaiiaiiSy lying en the horders of Africa- 

25 Bat whea their ruler beheld the star-sfmn^red haa- 
he ireiiiblcd a^ rlie aSi^^i^i-leaX: f-^i 



READER. 22y 

h^ had heard that his strong vessels wpre taken by the^r:- 
ships of Cohimbla, and his adiiisjal sluui, and he was ^-*; 
ready to boAV don'n. , ♦■ ' 

27 And Decatur demaii.!''! ilie \i\en of Cohimbla 
-A-ithout Tansom, v.lio were he' i in iu-ii.iaLff: ; and fen 
thousand pieces of silver, for tly' evils tiu-v had commit- "** 
te/1 ag.iinst the people of C'oli!;r:bia : ^ual the Dey had '■* 
three hours to answer iiini yea, orniy, ^ 

28 Hcnvever, he quickly ti:/T<>ri t) i!ip propositions of 
Decatur : and he paid tli^e .'iiOiU-y. a;-/ 1 .vi^ned the trea- 
ty wiiicli Decatur had prepared l^r him, and delivered 
up all the men of Cohimbla whoai he held as slaves. 

29 And the i*reaty was confirmed at W^^shington the 
cliief ci(y, and signed by Jiuries the ciiief governor, oti 
twenty snd sixth day of the twe]i"ih month, in the same 
year.' and Deca-tur Tr^ncroL'sly ma.de a present of tiie 
ship Mis-of!a to the Dry. 

SO Now it came to }>ass, aA^y- Hecatur ha,! srttird 
the peace with the Dey of Algiers, according' to Ids wish- 
es, that he sailed-?.gai-nst another town of the barbarians 
called Tunis-, 

31 For the governor of this pla*^, v>dio is caMcd jh« 
Bey, had pennitted oreat evils to !>? committed against the 
people of Columbia, !)y the ships of Britain, during the late 
war ; inasmuch as th^y let tijem come into their waters 
and take away the vessels of Columbia that were prizes. 

.12 So, for these depredations, the gallant Decatur de- 
manded forty thousand pieces of silver, which, after a 
short deliberation, the Bey was fain to grant, lest, perad^ 
venture the city might, from the f )rce of the deslraying 
engines, begin to tumble about his ears. 



TT. 9 



250 HISTORICAL. 

o3 From the port of Tunis, Decatur departed and 
went to a place called Tripoli, which lleih to the south 
thereof, where the Jbrave Ka^on* ibupht, and erected the 
l3anners of Columbia upon the walls of Derne. 

34 Now the chief governor of the Tripolitans, wliom 
hey called the Bashaw, had suffered like evils to be 

ijoiie by the British in his dominions wliich had been 
permitted by the Bey of Tunis. 

35 So likewise, for these evils Decatur demanded 
thirty thousand pieces of silver, but at first t!:e Ba^ 
shaw refused to pay it. 

36 However, when he saw the strong ships of Co- 
lumbia were about to destroy the town, he paid th^e^ 
money, save a little, which he was unable to get, and 
for which Decatur compelled him to release ten captives 
of other nations, whom he held in bondage. 

37 Thus did Decatur, and his brave men in the san>e^ 
year, compel the powers of Barbary to respect the 
banners of Columbia. 

38 Now, having accomplished the object of his ex- 
pedition, he returned, encircled witti g^ory, to the land 
®f Columbia : 

39 And all the people were rejoiced with great joy^ 
aad they made feasts for him, and extolled his name. 

40 Moreover, the great Sanhedrim of the people 
honored him for his gallant exploits, and gave unto kim 
and his brave officers and mariners, an hundred thou- 
sand pieces of silver. 



* Gen. Eaton, a hero of the American tear with 
Tripoli^ some years ago. 



READER/ 231 



CONCLL'b'IONo 



€o/nmodore Bct!:iJ)ridge — Lird ExinoiitPs Ex^^edi- 
iion against Al'^icrs. 



N the mean time, it had come to pass, that lest the 
fieet of Decatui should not be sufficient, the great San- 
hedrim sent out after him another strong fieet, C'^m- 
maiidcd by the valiant Bainbridge. 

2 But, io ! when his fleet arrived there, the peace 
kad been made, and an end put to the war by the Seet 
of Decatur: so, after sailing round about the coast, 
Bambridge returned home again with the fieet of Co- 
lumbia. 

S Now it came to pass, after Decatur had returned 
in triumph to the land of Columbia, tiiat the lords and 
the counsellors of Britain became jealous of the fame 
of Columbia, which she had gained in the east, in re- 
leasing her people from slavery, as well as those of 
other nations. 

4 ™Ioreover, the barbarians committed depredations 
against the people of Britair, neither did tliey regard 
their royal cross, as they did the stars of Columbia. 

5 So the king fitted out a mighty fieet to go against 
themj and the name of the chief captain thereof was 



Telle -v, to 'rt^hom the king of Britain had given a f$-'» 
mame, and called him lord Ex.moutli. 

Accordingly, as thcif movements were slow, in 
the f ) irt;i montli of tho ove tho'isand eight hundred and 
r^ixt^vivh t/ear of tbe Cliristian era, the nnghty fleet of 
Britaia w^^ighed anchor, and shortly arrived before thie 
cify of Algiers, as the fieet of Golumbia had donfe 
many months before thern. 

7 And it was so, tiiat the chief captain of Britain, 
"in the nanie of the king his master, demanded of the 
Jjf^'y. the men of Britain, whom he held as slaves, and 
also those of other nations. 

8 Bat thf Dey refuserl. saying, Ye shall pay unto ni€ 
five hundred pieces of silver for every slave j then wit! 
I release them, and they shall be free. 

' 9 Arid Exraouth, the lord of Britain, yielded to the 
pro; ■ rilions of the barbarians, and accordingly gave 
iinto tl-.cm the money, even more than twenty horsed 
could draw ; 

10 For the number of Christian slaves which Ex- 
mouth bought of the barbarians, was about live hu8« 
drcd. 

1 1 Therefore, the fleet of Britain succeeded not, af 
did the fleet of DecatuF.* 



* Lord Exmouth nas since, in a second expedition^ 
succeeded in releasing all Christian captives covfned 
in Algiers, and in obtainin;r the ransom money (to a 
very cousidc-ahle amount ) icJiicli ih^ T)py had pr6'- 
viov^ly received from England and Naj^ksl^ 



12 "71uis, in tills thiniTj did the lortk of Britain 
strive to snatch the iaureJ from the brow of Colum- 
bia • 

IS Biit her valiant sons had entwined the wreath of 
glory ; and the scribes of tliis day shall record it, in 
«¥er-iiYicg characters, on the pyramid of fame. 



7IN$f. 



«IBLE SOCIETIES ANO St^NDAY SCHOOM. 



It was our intention to have expatiated la'-,e-ely on 
the subject o( Bible Societies — of their importance, and 
unprecedented extension throuiihoiit Eurojie rnd 
America : but the limits of this publication pvrvent its 
'rom enterhig far on this sul;jec', lumiuovis as it is ; It^w- 
«yer, in time, another opportunity may offer : at present, 
llie tames of the officiating persons in America, by be- 
ing inserted, may serve to show the respectability ot 
this valuable establishment, which posterity will ad«v 
roire. 

orricERs OP Tnfi American bible society. 

PRESIDENT, 

Kofi. Elias Botjdinot, l. l. d., of "NeW'Jersey 

VICE-PRESIDENTS, 

lion. John Jay, Esq. of New-York. 

Matthew Clarkson, Esq. of New-York. 

Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice-President of the United 

States. 
5Ion. De Witt Clinton, Governor of the State of 

New- York. 
Hon. Smith Thompson, Chief Justice of the State of 

New- York. 
Hon. John Langdon, of New-Hampshire. 
Hon. Caleb Strong, of Massachusetts. 
Hon. John Cotton Smith, of Connecticut. 
Hon. Andrew Kirkpatrick, Chief Justice of the State 

of New Jersey. 
Hon. William TilohmAn, Chief Justice of the State of 

Pennsylvania. 
Hon. Daniel Murray, of Maryland. 
Joseph Nourse, Esq. Register of the Treasury of the 

United States. 
Hon. John QfiiNcY AdAms, Secretary of State of the- 

United States. 
Francis S. Key, Esq. District of Columbia, 
Hon. BusHROD Washington, of Virginia, Judge of 
Sup re rii-e Court IJ. S. 



Wv^p'"^^""'^.^'^'^^'^'^^^ W0P.THINGTON, of Ok« 
John Boi.to:^, i.sq. of Georgia. ' * 

FEI.IK Grlnoy, Esq. of Teaaessee, 
SECRETARIES. 

Richard Varick, Esq. Treasurer. 
^fn^ JOH^ Px^TARD, Recording Secretary- aud Accoi^n^. 

Mr. John E. Caldwell, AgeaL 

4n account of the number of Bible Societtes U m 
linied Uatc, 



2S, 



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Massichusetls, 1^ v,, : . ,.' ,. ^^ 

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Dala.vai-e, ■• | ; ..,,...„ ' 

Diarict or CoJuubia ' I hv^r'"^"."' 
Total number, 108. 

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